Potential impact of age at first marijuana use on the development of nonseminomatous testicular germ cell tumors

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1284-1285

  Lacson, John Charles A ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^b   Cortessis, Victoria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Cancer Etiology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER;

HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL;

EID: 84874752362     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27878     Document Type: Letter

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