Household water source and the risk of childhood brain tumours: Results of the SEARCH International Brain Tumor Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1209-1216

  Mueller, Beth A ^a,b   Nielsen, Susan Searles ^a,b   Preston Martin, Susan ^c   Holly, Elizabeth A ^d   Cordier, Sylvaine ^e   Filippini, Graziella ^f   Peris Bonet, Raphael ^g   Choi, N W ^h  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f Ist Nazionale Neurologico C Besta   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood brain tumours; Drinking water; Environmental exposures; Nitrates; Nitrites

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITRATES; PREGNANCY; RISK; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 12344250773     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh215     Document Type: Article

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