Testicular Cancer Variations in Time and Space in Europe

European Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 621-628

  Huyghe, Eric ^a   Plante, Pierre ^a   Thonneau, Patrick F ^a  

^a Department of Urology and Andrology   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence rate; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846232720     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.08.024     Document Type: Review

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