Immune-related conditions and subsequent risk of brain cancer in a cohort of 4.5 million male US veterans

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1825-1833

  Cahoon, E K ^a   Inskip, P D ^a   Gridley, G ^a   Brenner, A V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; atopy; autoimmune disease; brain cancer; diabetes; glioma; inflammatory conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; VETERAN; AGED; ALLERGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897572186     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.97     Document Type: Article

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