Parental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the risk of childhood brain tumors: The SEARCH international childhood brain tumor study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1109-1116

  Cordier, Sylvaine ^a,l   Monfort, C ^a   Filippini, G ^b   Preston Martin, S ^c   Lubin, F ^d   Mueller, B A ^e   Holly, E A ^f   Peris Bonet, R ^g   McCredie, M ^h   Choi, W ⁱ   Little, J ^j   Arslan, A ^k  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Ist Nazionale Neurologico C Besta   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Child; Germ cells; Mutation; Paternal exposure; Polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROGLIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 2942549009     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh154     Document Type: Article

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