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Childhood head trauma and the risk of childhood brain tumours: A case‐control study in Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Head trauma in early childhood has been hypothesized as a potential risk factor for childhood brain tumours (CBTs). However, head trauma has not been extensively studied in the context of CBTs and existing studies have yielded conflicting results. A population-based and hospital-based case-control study of children 0 to 15 years with newly diagnosed CBTs from 1997 to 2003 recruited across Ontario through paediatric oncology centres was …

Authors

Cheng S; McLaughlin JR; Brown MC; Al‐Sawaihey H; Rutka J; Bouffet E; Hawkins C; Cairney AE; Ranger A; Fleming AJ

Journal

International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 150, No. 5, pp. 795–801

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 2022

DOI

10.1002/ijc.33805

ISSN

0020-7136