Supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and childhood cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-75

  Mortensen, Jan Helge Seglem ^a,b   Øyen, Nina ^a,b   Fomina, Tatiana ^a   Melbye, Mads ^c,d,e   Tretli, Steinar ^f   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a,g   Bjørge, Tone ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; cohort study; folic acid supplementation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84954349446     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.446     Document Type: Article

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