Case-control study of parental age, parity and socioeconomic level in relation to childhood cancers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1428-1437

  Dockerty, John D ^a,b   Draper, Gerald ^a   Vincent, Tim ^a   Rowan, Steve D ^c   Bunch, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control; Child; Leukaemia; Parental age; Parity; Retinoblastoma; Risk; Social class

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; CLASS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0035711257     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.6.1428     Document Type: Article

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