Testicular Germ Cell Cancer Incidence in an Immigration Perspective, Denmark, 1978 to 2003

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1378-1382

  Schmiedel, Sven ^a   Schüz, Joachim ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; emigration and immigration; epidemiology; germ cell and embryonal; neoplasms; testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949282609     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.058     Document Type: Article

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