Parental occupational exposures and Ewing's sarcoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 472-478

  Moore, Lee E ^a   Gold, Laura ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Prince, Jacqueline R ^a,b   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Ewing's sarcoma; Organic dusts; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; WOOD DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 14044265658     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20734     Document Type: Article

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