Are prior head injuries or diagnostic X-rays associated with glioma in adults? The effects of control selection bias

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 234-244

  Wrensch, Margaret ^a,b   Miike, Rei ^a   Lee, Marion ^a   Neuhaus, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Glioma; Head injuries; Selection bias; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0033807936     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026261     Document Type: Article

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