Head injury and brain tumours in adults: A case-control study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 917-921

  Monteiro, Gina Torres Rego ^a   Pereira, Rosângela Alves ^b   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^a   Koifman, Sérgio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Case control study; Glioma; Head injury; Meningioma; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745319550     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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