Maternal dietary patterns during early pregnancy and the odds of childhood germ cell tumors: A children's oncology group study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-291

  Musselman, Jessica R B ^a   Jurek, Anne M ^a,b   Johnson, Kimberly J ^a   Linabery, Amy M ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^c   Shu, Xiao Ou ^d   Ross, Julie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

eating; factor analysis; mental recall; neoplasms, germ cell and embryonal; prenatal nutritional physiological phenomena

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

CANCER; DIET; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR; VITAMIN;

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; FUTUROLOGY; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; ONCOLOGY; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79251491333     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq365     Document Type: Article

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