Birth order, sibship size, and risk for germ-cell testicular cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-329

  Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Akre, Olof ^c   Lambe, Mats ^a   Granath, Fredrik ^a,c   Montgomery, Scott M ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; REGISTER; RISK; SWEDEN; TESTIS TUMOR; TIME;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142661931     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120043.45185.7e     Document Type: Article

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