The epidemiology of endocrine tumours

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Monson, J P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ACROMEGALY; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRRADIATION; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034022149     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0070029     Document Type: Review

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