Impact of hysterectomy on the age-specific incidence of cervical and uterine cancer in Germany and other countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 879-883

  Stang, Andreas ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84884996570     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks080     Document Type: Article

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