Incidence trends of vestibular schwannomas in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1987-2007

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1069-1075

  Larjavaara, S ^a   Feychting, M ^b   Sankila, R ^c   Johansen, C ^d   Klaeboe, L ^e   Schuz J ^d   Auvinen, A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

acoustic; incidence; neuroma; registries

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053294658     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.344     Document Type: Article

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