Polio vaccination and risk of brain tumors in adults: No apparent association

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-178

  Brenner, Alina V ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Selker, Robert G ^b   Shapiro, William R ^c   Black, Peter M ^d   Fine, Howard A ^a   Inskip, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037318565     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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