The increase in incidence of cancer of the tongue in the Nordic countries continues into the twenty-first century

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 552-557

  Annertz, Karin ^a   Anderson, Harald ^b   Palmér, Karolina ^b   Wennerberg, Johan ^a  

^a Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Incidence trends; Squamous cell carcinoma; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859761964     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2011.649146     Document Type: Article

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