Trends in incidence of brain and central nervous system tumors in Norway, 1970-1999

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 101-109

  Johannesen, T B ^a,b   Angell Andersen, E ^a   Tretli, S ^a,c   Langmark, F ^a   Lote, K ^b  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Brain; Central nervous system; Tumor incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROMA; NORWAY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842862781     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075952     Document Type: Article

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