Further clues concerning the aetiology of childhood central nervous system tumours

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2766-2772

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Alston, Robert D ^a   Eden, Tim O B ^b   Kelsey, Anna M ^c   Birch, Jillian M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Unit of Paediatric Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^c Manchester M27 4HA United Kingdom ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Central nervous system tumour; Children; Clustering; Environment; Epidemiology; Infection; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 9644303205     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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