Risk of primary childhood brain tumors related to birth characteristics: A Norwegian prospective study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 498-503

  Heuch, Jane M ^a   Heuch, Ivar ^a   Akslen, Lars A ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031826107     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980812)77:4<498::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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