Unexpected additional increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer among a recent birth cohort in Switzerland

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-186

  Montanaro, Fabio ^a   Pury, Pierre ^b   Bordoni, Andrea ^a   Lutz, Jean Michel ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Association of Swiss Cancer Registries   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

^d Registre Genevois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer registration; Chernobyl accident; Incidence; Radiations; Thyroid cancer; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; THYROID CANCER;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33746584048     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000197450.94980.36     Document Type: Article

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