Incidences of gliomas and meningiomas in Denmark, 1943 to 1997

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1327-1334

  Christensen, Helle Collatz ^a   Kosteljanetz, Michael ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Laws, Edward R ^c   Chakrabarti, Indro ^c   Preston Martin, Susan ^c   Posner, Jerome B ^c   Haines, Stephen J ^c   Kaye, Andrew H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer; Denmark; Epidemiology; Glioma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037603470     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000064802.46759.53     Document Type: Article

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