Maternal medication use and the risk of brain tumors in the offspring: The SEARCH international case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1302-1308

  Cardy, Amanda H ^a   Little, Julian ^b   McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^c   Lijinsky, William ^d   Choi, N Won ^e   Cordier, Sylvanie ^f   Filippini, Graziella ^g   Holly, Elizabeth A ^h   Lubin, Flora ⁱ   McCredie, Margaret ^j   Mueller, Beth A ^k   Peris Bonet, Raphael ^l   Arslan, Annie ^m   Preston Martin, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d High Hay Dr   (United States)

^e Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^k Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^m INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Case control study; Childhood brain tumors; Maternal medication; N nitroso compounds

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; DIURETIC AGENT; NITROSAMINE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMIDES; AMINES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31844444472     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21482     Document Type: Article

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