Occupational risk factors for low grade and high grade glioma: Results from an international case control study of adult brain tumours

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-125

  Schlehofer, Brigitte ^a   Hettinger, Iris ^a   Ryan, Philip ^b   Blettner, Maria ^c   Preston Martin, Susan ^d   Little, Julian ^e   Arslan, Annie ^f   Ahlbom, Anders ^g   Giles, Graham G ^h   Howe, Geoffrey R ⁱ   Ménégoz, Francoise ^j   Rodvall, Ylva ^g   Choi, Won N ^k   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j Registre du Cancer de l'Isere   (France)

^k Manitoba Cancer Res Treatm Found   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiology; Glioma; High grade glioma; Low grade glioma; Occupation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER GRADING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 8644282016     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20504     Document Type: Article

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