Clues to the etiology of childhood brain cancer: N-nitroso compounds, polyomaviruses, and other factors of interest

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 630-640

  Gurney, James G ^a,b   Smith, Malcolm A ^c   Olshan, Andrew F ^d   Hecht, Stephen S ^a   Kasum, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Brain neoplasms; Central nervous system neoplasms; Child; Epidemiology; Folates; JC virus; Nitrosamides; Nitrosamines; Nitrosoureas; Pesticides; Risk factors; SV40 virus; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PESTICIDES; POLYOMAVIRUS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0034927431     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-100104291     Document Type: Article

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