Papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the volcanic area of sicily

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1575-1583

  Pellegriti, Gabriella ^a   De Vathaire, Florent ^b   Scollo, Claudia ^a   Attard, Marco ^c   Giordano, Carla ^d   Arena, Salvatore ^a   Dardanoni, Gabriella ^e   Frasca, Francesco ^a   Malandrino, Pasqualino ^a   Vermiglio, Francesco ^f   Previtera, Domenico Massimo ^g   D'Azz, Girolamo ^c   Trimarchi, Francesco ^f   Vigneri, Riccardo ^a  

^a Garibaldi Nesima Hospital   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e Epidemiological Observatory Center of Sicilian Region   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^g Environment Protection Regional Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MANGANESE; VANADIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; URBAN AREA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICILY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949114533     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp354     Document Type: Article

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