Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of brain tumors in the offspring. A prospective study of 1.4 million Swedish births

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 997-1005

  Brooks, Daniel R ^a   Mucci, Lorelei A ^b,c   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Childhood; Cohort studies; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GLIOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 17844382977     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1123-z     Document Type: Article

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