Association of childhood cancer with factors related to pregnancy and birth

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 631-639

  Schüz, Joachim ^a   Kaatsch, Peter ^a   Kaletsch, Uwe ^a   Meinert, Rolf ^a   Michaelis, Jörg ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control study; Child; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING HABIT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032771039     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.631     Document Type: Article

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