ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

PUBLIC HEALTH

published: 31 May 2013 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00017

Early life factors and risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma Anshu Shrestha 1,2 , Beate Ritz 1 *, Simona Ognjanovic 3,4 , Christina A. Lombardi 1 , Michelle Wilhelm 1 and Julia E. Heck 1 1 2 3 4

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Precision Health Economics, Los Angeles, CA, USA Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Edited by: ClarLynda Williams-DeVane, North Carolina Central University, USA Reviewed by: Anne E. Cust, The University of Sydney, Australia Barbara Fuhrman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA *Correspondence: Beate Ritz, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Box 951772, 73-320A CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA e-mail: [email protected]

Although little is known about etiology of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), early life factors are suspected in the etiology. We explored this hypothesis using linked data from the California Cancer Registry and the California birth rolls. Incident cases were 359 children

Early life factors and risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma.

Although little is known about etiology of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), early life factors are suspected in the etiology. We explored this hypoth...
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