Cancer incidence in Denmark following exposure to poliovirus vaccine contaminated with simian virus 40

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 532-539

  Engels, Eric A ^a   Katki, Hormuzd A ^a   Nielsen, Nete M ^b   Winther, Jeanette F ^c   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^b   Gjerris, Flemming ^d   Rosenberg, Philip S ^a   Frisch, Morten ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS INFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0037413949     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.7.532     Document Type: Article

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