Thyroid cancer incidence in highly observant jewish neighborhoods in metropolitan New York City

Thyroid

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1255-1261

  Soloway, Laura E ^a   Boscoe, Francis P ^a   Schymura, Maria J ^a   Kahn, Amy R ^a   Weinstein, Aura L ^a   Qiao, Baozhen ^a   McLaughlin, Colleen C ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CANCER; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755220924     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0091     Document Type: Article

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