Parental exposure to pesticides and childhood Brain cancer: U.S. Atlantic Coast Childhood Brain Cancer Study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1002-1006

  Shim, Youn K ^a   Miynarek, Steven P ^b   van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain cancer; Children; Parental exposure; Pesticides; PNET

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67449136389     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800209     Document Type: Article

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