Mesothelioma incidence has leveled off in Sweden [3]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1200-1201

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Hussain, Shehnaz ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA TUMOR; REGISTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 38749091723     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23230     Document Type: Letter

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