Are early infectious exposures involved in the etiology of childhood CNS tumors?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1663-1665

  McNally, Richard Jq ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth order; childcare attendance; childhood; CNS tumors; etiology; infectious exposures; Nordic countries; seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIRTH ORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; NOTE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 78049468640     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.10.157     Document Type: Note

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