Day care, childhood infections, and risk of neuroblastoma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 843-851

  Menegaux, Florence ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^a,e   Neglia, Joseph P ^b   Pollock, Brad H ^c   Bondy, Melissa L ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Day care; Hypersensitivity; Infection; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASLES; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUMPS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342587510     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh111     Document Type: Article

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