Birth order and risk of childhood cancer in the Danish birth cohort of 1973–2010

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1575-1582

  Schüz, Joachim ^a   Luta, George ^b   Erdmann, Friederike ^a   Ferro, Gilles ^a   Bautz, Andrea ^c   Simony, Sofie Bay ^c   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^c   Lightfoot, Tracy ^a,d   Winther, Jeanette Falck ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; Childhood cancer; Denmark; Leukemia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STILLBIRTH; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943348510     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0651-z     Document Type: Article

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