Changing patterns of Hodgkin lymphoma incidence in Singapore

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-719

  Hjalgrim, Henrik ^a   Seow, Adeline ^b   Rostgaard, Klaus ^a   Friborg, Jeppe ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Chinese; Epidemiology; Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46049091780     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23504     Document Type: Article

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