Epidemiology of testicular germ cell tumors;Epidemiologie der testikulären keimzelltumoren

Onkologe

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 943-954

  Dieckmann, K P ^a   Pichlmeier, U ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPENDECTOMY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TONSILLECTOMY; VARICOCELE; VASECTOMY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0141668994     PISSN: 09478965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00761-003-0569-z     Document Type: Review

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