Parental age as a risk factor of childhood leukemia and brain cancer in offspring

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-275

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Vaittinen, Pauli ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CNT Novum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Childhood leukemia; Chromosomal aberrations; Education; Incidence; Parental age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0345129986     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199905000-00014     Document Type: Article

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