Factors relating to pregnancy and birth and the risk of childhood brain tumors: Results from an Australian case-control study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 493-498

  Greenop, Kathryn R ^a   Blair, Eve M ^a   Bower, Carol ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Brain tumors; Cancer; Child; Fetal growth; Gestational weight gain; Neonatal intensive care; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMORS; CANCER; CHILD; FETAL GROWTH; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84892516609     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24751     Document Type: Article

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