Changes in the incidence of thyroid cancer between 1991 and 2005 in Italy: A geographical analysis

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Lise, Mauro ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^b   Buzzoni, Carlotta ^c   Zambon, Paola ^d   Falcini, Fabio ^e   Crocetti, Emanuele ^f   Serraino, Diego ^g   Iachetta, Francesco ^h   Zanetti, Roberto ⁱ   Vercelli, Marina ^j,k   Ferretti, Stefano ^l   La Rosa, Francesco ^m   Donato, Andrea ⁿ   De Lisi, Vincenzo ^o   Mangone, Lucia ^p   Busco, Susanna ^q   Tagliabue, Giovanna ^r   Budroni, Mario ^s   Bisanti, Luigi ^t   Fusco, Mario ^u   Limina, Rosa Maria ^v   Tumino, Rosario ^w   Piffer, Silvano ^x   Madeddu, Anselmo ^y   Bellù, Francesco ^z   Giacomin, Adriano ^aa   Candela, Giuseppa ^ab   Anulli, Monica Lucia ^ac   Dal Maso, Luigino ^a   more..

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Banca Dati AIRTUM at Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (ISPO)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f Tuscany Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^g Friuli Venezia Giulia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

ⁱ Piedmont Cancer Registry City of Torino   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁿ Salerno Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^p S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q Latina Province Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^r NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^s Cancer Registry of Sassari   (Italy)

^t Milan Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^u Campania Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^v Cancer Registry of the Brescia Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^w CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x Epidemiologic Unit   (Italy)

^y ASP of Siracusa   (Italy)

^z Alto Adige Sudtirol Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^aa Piedmont Cancer Registry Province of Biella (CPO)   (Italy)

^ab ASP Trapani   (Italy)

^ac Sondrio Cancer Registry   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; SOIL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855419488     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0038     Document Type: Article

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