Histology-specific risks in testicular cancer in immigrants to Sweden

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-334

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b,c   Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Brandt, Andreas ^a   Ji, Anguang ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SWEDEN; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953604420     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: 14796821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/ERC-09-0284     Document Type: Article

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