Adolescent and adult risk factors for testicular cancer

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 339-349

  McGlynn, Katherine A ^a   Trabert, Britton ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; COCAINE; FUEL; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VITAMIN D;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BICYCLE; BODY FAT; BUILDING MATERIAL; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CRYPTORCHISM; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET; DRUG USE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FIRE FIGHTER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL INDUSTRY; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TESTIS CANCER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862192617     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2012.61     Document Type: Review

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