Parental age and risk of childhood cancers: A population-based cohort study from Sweden

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1495-1503

  Yip, Benjamin H ^a   Pawitan, Yudi ^a   Czene, Kamila ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Incidence; Maternal age; Paternal age; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GERM CELL; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEOPLASMS; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846643578     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl177     Document Type: Article

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