Understanding cancer clusters

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 273-280

  Thun, Michael J ^a   Sinks, Thomas ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; RADIUM; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SCROTUM CANCER; SCROTUM DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 7044228209     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.54.5.273     Document Type: Article

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