Maternal use of folic acid and other supplements and risk of childhood brain tumors

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1933-1941

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Greenop, Kathryn R ^a   Bower, Carol ^a   Miller, Margaret ^b   Van Bockxmeer, Frank M ^c,d   Scott, Rodney J ^f,g   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Ashton, Lesley J ^h   Gottardo, Nicholas G ^a,c,e   Armstrong, Bruce K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MOTHER; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84869215875     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0803     Document Type: Article

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