Infectious exposure in the first years of life and risk of central nervous system tumours in children: analysis of birth order, childcare attendance and seasonality of birth
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An infective, mostly viral basis has been found in different human cancers. To test the hypothesis of a possible infectious aetiology for central nervous system (CNS) tumours in children, we investigated the associations with proxy measures of exposure to infectious disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1670-5 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 0007-0920 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2010 |
- Adolescent, Astrocytoma, Birth Order, Case-Control Studies, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Child, Child Care, Child, Preschool, Communicable Diseases, Denmark, Female, Finland, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Norway, Parturition, Risk, Seasons, Sweden
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