Infant birthweight and risk of childhood cancer: International population-based case control studies of 40 000 cases

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-168

  O'Neill, Kate A ^a,b   Murphy, Michael F G ^a,b   Bunch, Kathryn J ^a,b   Puumala, Susan E ^c   Carozza, Susan E ^d   Chow, Eric J ^e   Mueller, Beth A ^e   McLaughlin, Colleen C ^f   Reynolds, Peggy ^g   Vincent, Tim J ^b   Behren, Julie Von ^g   Spector, Logan G ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g Cancer Prevention Institute of California   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Case control study; Childhood cancer; Intrauterine growth

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; ETHNICITY; ETIOLOGY; GERM CELL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BONE TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924535587     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu265     Document Type: Article

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