Regional variations in German mesothelioma mortality rates: 2000-2010

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 615-624

  Schonfeld, Sara J ^a   McCormack, Valerie ^a   Rutherford, Mark J ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Germany; Mesothelioma; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; MORTALITY;

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84898920461     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-014-0368-4     Document Type: Article

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