Epidemiology of gliomas in Israel: A nationwide study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-269

  Sadetzki, Siegal ^a,c   Zach, Leor ^b   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Nass, Dvora ^b   Hoffmann, Chen ^b,c   Ram, Zvi ^d   Zaaroor, Menashe ^f,g   Umansky, Felix ^h,l   Rappaport, Zvi Harry ^c,i   Cohen, Avi ^j   Wald, Uriel ^e   Rothman, Sigmund ^k   Hadani, Moshe ^b,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Technion Israel Institute of Technology ^*  (Israel)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^h HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^k ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Descriptive epidemiology, Israel; Glioma, incidence rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CALCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAS; ASIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 53849110305     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165366     Document Type: Article

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