Paternal occupation and neuroblastoma: A case-control study based on cancer registry data for Great Britain 1962-1999

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 615-619

  MacCarthy, A ^a   Bunch, K J ^a   Fear, N T ^b   King, J C ^a   Vincent, T J ^a   Murphy, M F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Neuroblastoma; Paternal occupation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76349105699     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605504     Document Type: Article

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