Medulloblastoma and birth date: Evaluation of 3 U.S. datasets

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-30

  Halperin, Edward C ^a   Miranda, Marie L ^b   Watson, Dorothy M ^a   George, Stephen L ^a   Stanberry, Matthew ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Carcinogenesis; Embryology; Environmental carcinogenesis; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NORTH CAROLINA; PARTURITION; SEASONS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844437886     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.1.26-30     Document Type: Article

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