Epidemiology of bone tumours in children and young adults

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 941-952

  Eyre, Rachel ^a   Feltbower, Richard G ^b   Mubwandarikwa, Emmanuel ^a   Eden, Tim O B ^c   McNally, Richard J Q ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone cancer; Children; Epidemiology; Ewing sarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Teenage; Young adult

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; PESTICIDE; RADIUM 226;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIRTH; BONE DISEASE; BONE TUMOR; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EWING SARCOMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; VACCINATION; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049160884     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22194     Document Type: Review

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