The effect of race on the incidence of retinoblastoma

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 288-293

  Krishna, Sheila M ^a   Yu, Guo Pei ^b   Finger, Paul T ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EUROPE; GENETIC DISORDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RACE; RETINOBLASTOMA; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; RETINA TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449719280     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20090903-06     Document Type: Article

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