Environmental risk factors for sporadic acoustic neuroma (Interphone Study Group, Germany)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1741-1747

  Schlehofer, B ^a   Schlaefer, K ^a   Blettner, M ^b   Berg, G ^c   Bohler E ^b   Hettinger, I ^a   Kunna Grass, K ^c   Wahrendorf, J ^a   Schuz J ^b,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Allergy; Brain tumour; Case control study; Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiology; Ionising radiation; Mobile phone; Noise; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34447268715     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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