Cancer incidence patterns among children and adolescents in Taiwan from 1995 to 2009: A population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 3545-3553

  Hung, Giun Yi ^a,b   Horng, Jiun Lin ^c   Lee, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Yen, Hsiu Ju ^a,b   Chen, Chao Chun ^a,b   Lee, Chih Ying ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adolescents; cancer; childhood; epidemiology; incidence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006445325     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28903     Document Type: Article

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