Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , February 2010

Occupation and risk of glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma: Results from a German case–control study (Interphone Study Group, Germany)

  • F. Samkange-Zeeb

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 69, 55131 Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • B. Schlehofer

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Environmental Epidemiology C030, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • J. Schüz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • K. Schlaefer

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Environmental Epidemiology C030, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • G. Berg-Beckhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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  • J. Wahrendorf

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Environmental Epidemiology C030, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • M. Blettner

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 69, 55131 Mainz, Germany

,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.003

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , February 2010

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