Childhood cancer and factors related to prolonged diagnostic intervals: A Danish population-based study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1280-1287

  Ahrensberg, J M ^a   Olesen, F ^a   Hansen, R P ^a   Schroder H ^b   Vedsted, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876415135     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.88     Document Type: Article

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