No association between residential exposure to petrochemicals and brain tumor risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3007-3009

  Yu, Chu Ling ^a   Wang, Su Fen ^c   Pan, Pi Chen ^d   Wu, Ming Tsang ^d   Ho, Chi Kung ^d   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Pothier, Lucille J ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PETROLEUM; TAIWAN;

EID: 30344486987     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0594     Document Type: Article

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