Descriptive epidemiology of cerebral gliomas in Northwest Greece and study of potential predisposing factors, 2005-2007

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Gousias, K ^a,b   Markou, M ^a,c   Voulgaris, S ^d   Goussia, A ^d   Voulgari, P ^d   Bai, M ^d   Polyzoidis, K ^e   Kyritsis, A ^d   Alamanos, Y ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e University Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cerebral gliomas; Cranial trauma; Incidence; Mobile phone use; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GREECE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; CELLULAR PHONE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149118622     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000222090     Document Type: Article

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