Fetal growth and childhood cancer: A population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bjørge, Tone ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^c   Grotmol, Tom ^d   Engeland, Anders ^a,b   Stephansson, Olof ^e,f   Gissler, Mika ^g,h   Tretli, Steinar ^d   Troisi, Rebecca ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Childhood cancer; Fetal growth; Nested case control study; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; FETUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEPHROBLASTOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SWEDEN; WILMS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; WILMS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887125546     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1317     Document Type: Article

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