Trends in testicular germ cell cancer incidence in Australia

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1043-1049

  Baade, Peter ^a   Carriere P ^b   Fritschi, L ^c  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germ cell cancer; Neoplasms; Non seminomas; Seminomas; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55849133074     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9168-z     Document Type: Article

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