The epidemiology of tumours of the testes as registered by the Registry of Histopathology and Cytopathology in the Netherlands (PALGA);Epidemiologie van testistumoren in Nederland: Accurate weergave in de PALGA-registratie

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1150-1154

  Post, P N ^a,b   Casparie, M K ^a,b   Ten Kate, F J W ^a,c   Oosterhuis, J W ^a  

^a Prismant Health Care and Advise Institute   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942622230     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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