Seasonal variation in the diagnosis of cancer: A study based on national cancer registration in Sweden

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1358-1360

  Lambe, M ^a   Blomqvist, P ^a   Bellocco, R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Detection; Diagnosis; Malignant melanoma; Neoplasms; Prostate cancer; Seasonal variation; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SWEDEN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038485536     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600901     Document Type: Article

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