Epidemiology of testicular germ cell tumors;Epidemiologie der keimzelltumoren des hodens

Umweltmedizin in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 142-156

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Pesch, Beate ^b   Replies, Jenny ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^b   Gottlieb, Andrea ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Germ cell tumors; Hormones; Review

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILDHOOD; CRYPTORCHISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 33746425809     PISSN: 14308681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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