Descriptive epidemiology of thyroid cancer in Los Angeles County, 1972-1995

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-170

  Haselkorn, Tmirah ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^b   Preston Martin, Susan ^b   Cozen, Wendy ^b   Mack, Wendy J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Filipinos; Follicular; Incidence; Occupation; Papillary; Secular trend; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033976347     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008932123830     Document Type: Article

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