Intracranial tumors in adult population of the Varaždin County (Croatia) 1996-2004: A population-based retrospective incidence study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Dobec Meić, Biserka ^a   Pikija, Slaven ^b   Cvetko, Danijel ^b   Trkulja, Vladimir ^c   Pažanin, Leo ^d   Kudelić, Nenad ^e   Rotim, Krešimir ^e   Pavliček, Ivan ^b   Kostanjevec, Ruža ^b  

^a University Hospital for Lung Diseases Jordanovac   (Croatia)

^b Varazdin General Hospital   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Epidemiology; Intracranial tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROATIA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33745796736     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9100-2     Document Type: Article

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