Delivery by caesarean section and childhood cancer: A nationwide follow-up study in three countries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1343-1350

  Momen, N C ^a,b   Olsen, J ^a   Gissler, M ^c,d   Cnattingius, S ^e   Li, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; childhood cancer; follow up studies; mode of delivery; risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LABOR ONSET; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER TUMOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84921785972     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12667     Document Type: Article

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