Contacts with animals and humans as risk factors for adult brain tumours. An international case-control study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 696-704

  Menegoz F ^a   Little, J ^b   Colonna, M ^a   Arslan, A ^c   Preston Martin, S ^d   Schlehofer, B ^e   Blettner, M ^f   Howe, G R ^g   Ryan, P ^h   Giles, G G ⁱ   Rodvall, Y Y ^j   Choi, W N ^k  

^a Registre du Cancer de l'Isere   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ Cancer Education Unit   (Australia)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Animals; Brain neoplasms; Farm; Occupation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036202507     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00423-3     Document Type: Article

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