A possible association between ionizing radiation and pituitary adenoma: A descriptive study

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 397-403

  Juven, Yoav ^a   Sadetzki, Siegal ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Ionizing radiation; Pituitary adenoma; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SECOND CANCER; TINEA CAPITIS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 0037099698     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10667     Document Type: Article

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