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Childhood cancer and prenatal environmental exposures

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An international consortium of large birth cohort studies to investigate how different parental characteristics affect the risk of childhood cancers.

Summary

This is an international consortium of large birth cohort studies to investigate how different parental characteristics (age, height, weight, socioeconomic factors), parental health/diseases and lifestyle) , prenatal exposures (including nutritional supplementation, pesticides, dust, radiation and other factors), pregnancy conditions and birth outcomes/birth characteristics and early childhood exposures (lifestyle and other underlying risk factors) affect the risk of childhood cancers.

Project leader

Per Minor Magnus, Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Project participants

Per Minor Magnus, Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute
Ana M Ortega-Villa, National Cancer Institute

Start

01.06.2009

End

31.12.2029

Status

Active

Approvals

Regional committees for medical and health research ethics

Project owner/ Project manager

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Project manager

Per Magnus

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