Parental heat exposure and risk of childhood brain tumor: A children's oncology group study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-231

  Bunin, Greta R ^a,b   Robison, Leslie L ^c   Biegel, Jaclyn A ^a,b   Pollack, Ian F ^d   Rorke Adams, Lucy B ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Case control studies; Child, preschool; Heat; Infant; Maternal exposure; Medulloblastoma; Paternal exposure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH RISK; HEAT SOURCE; HISTOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FATHER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PARENT; SAUNA; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747891449     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj174     Document Type: Article

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