Pre-natal and peri-natal exposures and risk of testicular germ-cell cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 438-443

  Weir, Hannah K ^a,e   Marrett, Loraine D ^a,b   Kreiger, Nancy ^a,b   Darlington, Gerarda A ^a   Sugar, Linda ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; SMOKING;

ABORTION, THREATENED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH ORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SMOKING; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VOMITING;

EID: 0034255739     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000801)87:3<438::AID-IJC20>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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