A population-based case-control study on social factors and risk of testicular germ cell tumours

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Schmeisser, Nils ^a,b   Conway, David I ^c   Stang, Andreas ^d   Jahn, Ingeborg ^e   Stegmaier, Christa ^f   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^g   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^h   Behrens, Thomas ^e   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b,e  

^a Statistical Office of Bremen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Medical Faculty   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^f SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^g Authority for Social Affairs Family Health and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EMPLOYMENT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TERATOCARCINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 84885358951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003833     Document Type: Article

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