Is the incidence of oral and pharyngeal cancer increasing in Finland? An epidemiological study of 17 383 cases in 1953-1999

Oral Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-172

  Tarvainen, Laura ^a,d   Suuronen, R ^a,b   Lindqvist, C ^a,b   Malila, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Finland; Incidence; Mouth neoplasms; Oral cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; AGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; LIP TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; REGISTER; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONGUE TUMOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442529547     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-0825.2003.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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