The relationship between parental occupation and bone cancer risk in offspring

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 766-771

  Hum, Lisa ^a   Kreiger, Nancy ^b,d   Finkelstein, Murray M ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone cancer; Case control study; Ewing's sarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Parental occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031789330     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.5.766     Document Type: Article

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