Epidemiology of gonadal germ cell cancer in males and females

APMIS

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Møller, Henrik ^a,b,c   Evans, Helen ^a   Oliver, Tim ^d   Grigor, Ken ^d   Skakkebæk, Niels ^d   Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^d   Von Eyben, Finn Edler ^d   Giwercman, Aleksander ^d   Oosterhuis, J Wolter ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Thames Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Germ cell cancer; Ovary; Testis; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OVARY TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038561137     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.11101071.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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