Trends in testicular germ cell tumors among U.S. military servicemen, 1990-2003

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1184-1187

  Enewold, Lindsey ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Devesa, Susan S ^b   Erickson, Ralph L ^c   Zhu, Kangmin ^d   McGlynn, Katherine A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; SOLDIER; TESTIS TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053465028     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00476     Document Type: Article

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