Case-control study of paternal occupation and social class with risk of childhood central nervous system tumours in Great Britain, 1962-2006

Keegan, Thomas J. and Bunch, K. J. and Vincent, T. J. and King, J. C. and O'Neill, K. A. and Kendall, G. M. and MacCarthy, A. and Fear, N. T. and Murphy, M. F. G. (2013) Case-control study of paternal occupation and social class with risk of childhood central nervous system tumours in Great Britain, 1962-2006. British Journal of Cancer, 108 (9). pp. 1907-1914. ISSN 0007-0920

Abstract

Paternal occupational exposures have been proposed as a risk factor for childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumours. This study investigates possible associations between paternal occupational exposure and childhood CNS tumours in Great Britain.