Incidence of retinoblastoma from 1958 to 1998 in Northern Europe: Advantages of birth cohort analysis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1228-1232

  Seregard, Stefan ^a   Lundell, Göran ^b   Svedberg, Helena ^a   Kivelä, Tero ^c  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 2942607460     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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