An exploratory case-control study of brain tumors in adults

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 601-609

  Burch, J David ^a   Craib, Kevin J P ^a   Choi, Bernard C K ^a   Miller, Anthony B ^a   Risch, Harvey A ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^a,b  

^a Institut national du cancer du Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING; WATER SUPPLY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0023258732     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/78.4.601     Document Type: Article

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