Childhood cancer among twins and higher order multiples

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 162-168

  Puumala, Susan E ^a   Carozza, Susan E ^c   Chow, Eric J ^d   Fox, Erin E ^e   Horel, Scott ^c   Johnson, Kimberly J ^a   McLaughlin, Colleen ^f   Mueller, Beth A ^d   Reynolds, Peggy ^g   Von Behren, Julie ^g   Spector, Logan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f New York State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^g NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 58349105591     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0660     Document Type: Article

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