Parental educational attainment as an indicator of socioeconomic status and risk of childhood cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Carozza, S E ^a   Puumala, S E ^b   Chow, E J ^c   Fox, E E ^d   Horel, S ^e   Johnson, K J ^b   McLaughlin, C C ^f   Reynolds, P ^g   Von Behren, J ^g   Mueller, B A ^c   Spector, L G ^b,h  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; epidemiology; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PARENTING EDUCATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; INFANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77954174224     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605732     Document Type: Article

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