An International Case-Control Study of Adult Diet and Brain Tumor Risk: A Histology-Specific Analysis by Food Group

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-171

  Terry, Mary Beth ^a   Howe, Geoffrey ^a   Pogoda, Janice M ^b   Zhang, Fang Fang ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^c   Choi, Won ^d   Giles, Graham G ^e   Little, Julian ^f   Lubin, Flora ^g   Menegoz, Francoise ^h   Ryan, Philip ⁱ   Schlehofer, Brigitte ^j   Preston Martin, Susan ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^h Registre du Cancer de l'Isère   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Brain Tumors; Diet; Glioma; Meningioma; N Nitroso Compounds; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURED MEAT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FRANCE; FRUIT; GERMANY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MENINGIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREALS; CITRUS; DIET; EGGS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649090709     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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