Is testicular cancer related to Gulf War deployment? Evidence from a pilot population-based study of Gulf War era veterans and cancer registries

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Levine, Paul H ^a   Young, Heather A ^a   Simmens, Samuel J ^a   Rentz, Danielle ^a   Kofie, Vincent E ^b   Mahan, Clare M ^c   Kang, Han K ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOLDIER; TESTIS CANCER; VIET NAM; WAR; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TESTIS TUMOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 17844395975     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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