Childhood brain tumor epidemiology: A brain tumor epidemiology consortium review

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2716-2736

  Johnson, Kimberly J ^a   Cullen, Jennifer ^b   Barnholtz Sloan, Jill S ^c   Ostrom, Quinn T ^c   Langer, Chelsea E ^d,e,f   Turner, Michelle C ^d,e,f,g   McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^h   Fisher, James L ⁱ   Lupo, Philip J ^j   Partap, Sonia ^k   Schwartzbaum, Judith A ⁱ   Scheurer, Michael E ^j  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO)   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIURETIC AGENT; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; TUBERIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPENDYMOMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84919371924     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0207     Document Type: Review

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