SEARCH international case-control study of childhood brain tumours: Role of index pregnancy and birth, and mother's reproductive history

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-341

  McCredie, Margaret ^a,b   Little, Julian ^c   Cotton, Seonaidh ^c   Mueller, Beth ^d   Peris Bonet, Raphael ^e   Choi, N W ^f   Cordier, Sylvaine ^g   Filippini, Graziella ^h   Holly, Elizabeth A ⁱ   Modan, Baruch ^j   Arslan, Annie ^k   Preston Martin, Susan ^l  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13044256398     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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