Geographic clustering of testicular cancer incidence in the northern part of The Netherlands

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1262-1267

  Sonneveld, D J A ^a   Schaapveld, M ^b   Sleijfer, D Th ^a   Te Meerman, G J ^a   Van Der Graaf, W T A ^a   Sijmons, R H ^a   Schraffordt Koops, H ^a   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; Geographic variation; Testicular cancer incidence; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032759923     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690839     Document Type: Article

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