The role of nutritional habits during gestation and child life in pediatric brain tumor etiology

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-143

  Lubin, Flora ^a   Farbstein, Hanan ^b   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Farbstein, Moti ^b   Freedman, Laurence ^a   Alfandary, Esther ^a   Modan, Baruch ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MOR Research Applications Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034007543     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000401)86:1<139::AID-IJC22>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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