Space-time clustering patterns of gliomas in the Netherlands suggest an infectious aetiology

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2917-2923

  Houben, M P W A ^a,b   Coebergh, J W W ^b,d   Birch, J M ^c   Tijssen, C C ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^b   McNally, R J Q ^c,e,f  

^a TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Glioma; Infection; Seasonal variation; Space time clustering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEASONS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 28244449360     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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