Infectious exposure in the first years of life and risk of central nervous system tumours in children: Analysis of birth order, childcare attendance and seasonality of birth

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1670-1675

  Schmidt, L S ^a   Kamper Jorgensen M ^b   Schmiegelow, K ^c,d   Johansen, C ^a   Lahteenmaki P ^e   Trager C ^f   Stokland, T ^g   Grell, K ^a   Gustafson, G ^f   Kogner, P ^f   Sehested, A ^c   Schuz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth order; Childcare; Childhood cancer; CNS tumour; Infectious disease; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PARTURITION; RISK; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952887268     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605679     Document Type: Article

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