The German child cancer register 2 decades after the begin of its activity;Das Deutsche kinderkrebsregister 2 jahrzehnte nach beginn seiner tätigkeit

Onkologe

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-45

  Kaatsch, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GERMANY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036461586     PISSN: 09478965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s761-002-8186-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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