Perinatal risk factors for childhood testicular germ-cell cancer: A Nordic population-based study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Stephansson, Olof ^a   Wahnström, Caroline ^a   Pettersson, Andreas ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b   Tretli, Steinar ^c   Gissler, Mika ^d,e   Troisi, Rebecca ^f,g   Akre, Olof ^a   Grotmol, Tom ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Growth; Perinatal; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81055157915     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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