Parental occupation and Ewing's sarcoma: Pooled and meta-analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 799-806

  Valery, Patricia C ^a,f   Williams, Gail ^b   Sleigh, Adrian C ^c   Holly, Elizabeth A ^d   Kreiger, Nancy ^e   Bain, Chris ^a,b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ewing's sarcoma; Pooled analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 20144376912     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20933     Document Type: Article

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