Is the incidence of hypospadias increasing? Analysis of finnish hospital discharge data 1970-1994

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 463-465

  Aho, Martti ^a   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^b   Tammela, Teuvo L J ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^c,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Finland; Hypospadias; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINLAND; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033934148     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108463     Document Type: Article

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