Rising risk of testicular cancer by birth cohort in the United States from 1973 to 1995

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 361-363

  McKiernan, James M ^a   Goluboff, Erik T ^a   Liberson, Gary L ^a   Golden, Robert ^a   Fisch, Harry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032879043     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68560-6     Document Type: Article

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