Incidence trends of adult primary intracerebral tumors in four Nordic countries

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 450-455

  Lönn, Stefan ^a   Klaeboe, Lars ^b   Hall, Per ^a   Mathiesen, Tiit ^c   Auvinen, Anssi ^d,e   Christensen, Helle C ^f   Johansen, Christoffer ^f   Salminen, Tiina ^e,g   Tynes, Tore ^b,h   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^h NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer registry; Glioma; Intracranial tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 10744229352     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11578     Document Type: Article

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