Cancer of the larynx in children and adolescents: A neoplastic lesion with a different etiology

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 992-994

  Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Healy, Gerald B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL BIOPSY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSALITY; CHILD; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8744261980     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410016865     Document Type: Editorial

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