Relation between Maternal Diet and Subsequent Primitive Neuroectodermal Brain Tumors in Young Children

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BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that a high dietary intake of nitrosamines and their precursors, nitrites and nitrates, is a risk factor for brain tumors. Vitamins C and E inhibit the formation of nitrosamines and thus may be protective. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of maternal diet and the risk of primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the brain in children. The case patients were under the age...

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