Fetal growth and the risk of childhood CNS tumors and lymphomas in Western Australia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 436-443

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Laurvick, Crystal L ^a   Blair, Eve ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Charles, Adrian K ^b,c   Bower, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; CNS tumors; Cohort study; Intra uterine growth; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 44949157838     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23486     Document Type: Article

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