Primary malignant brain tumor incidence and Medicaid enrollment

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1788-1793

  Sherwood, Paula R ^a   Stommel, M ^a   Murman, D L ^a   Given, C W ^a   Given, B A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 2442636418     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000125195.26224.7C     Document Type: Article

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