Infectious exposure in the first year of life and risk of central nervous system tumors in children: Analysis of day care, social contact, and overcrowding

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Harding, N J ^a   Birch, J M ^b   Hepworth, S J ^a   McKinney, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Childhood cancer; Childhood neoplasms; CNS tumors; Infectious exposure; Social contact; UKCCS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DAY CARE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LIFE; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PARENT; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58849138739     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9224-8     Document Type: Article

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