Trends in childhood cancer incidence in the U.S. (1992-2004)

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 416-432

  Linabery, Amy M ^a   Ross, Julie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049065360     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23169     Document Type: Article

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