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[Epidemiology of primary brain tumor].
Revue neurologique - 1 Jan 2000
Loiseau H, Huchet A, Rué M, Cowppli-Bony A, Baldi I
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Two main approaches are generally used to study the epidemiology of primary brain tumors. The first approach is to identify risk factors, which may be intrinsic or related to external causes. The second main approach is descriptive. Intrinsic factors potentially affecting risk include genetic predisposition and susceptibility, gender, race, birth weight and allergy. Radiation exposure is the main extrinsic factor...
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