A prospective study of height and body mass index in childhood, birth weight, and risk of adult glioma over 40 years of follow-up

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 821-829

  Kitahara, Cari M ^a   Gamborg, Michael ^b   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b,c   Baker, Jennifer L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birth weight; Body mass index; Brain neoplasms; Childhood; Glioma; Height; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CANCER; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; INDEX METHOD; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

COPENHAGEN [(CTY) HOVEDSTADEN]; DENMARK; HOVEDSTADEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921778962     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu203     Document Type: Article

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