Patterns of cancer distribution in a medical center among adolescents 14 to 17 years of age for the period 1995 to 2001

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 631-636

  Hung, Iou Jih ^a   Yang, Chao Ping ^a   Jaing, Tang Her ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cohort studies; Incidence; Neoplasms; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GONAD TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PREVALENCE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLID TUMOR; TAIWAN; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 0347756779     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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