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Brain tumor epidemiology: Consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium

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Published2008
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Cadmium Contamination of Vegetable Crops, Farmlands, and Irrigation Waters

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Gene expression profiling and subgroup identification of oligodendrogliomas

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Prognostic significance of p53 immunoreactivity in patients with glioma.

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The descriptive epidemiology of brain tumors.

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Some aspects of cadmium flow in the U.S.

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Homozygosity mapping of familial glioma in Northern Sweden

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Nested case-control study of leukemia among a cohort of persons exposed to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon tests in kazakhstan (1949–1963)

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Exposure to Epichlorohydrin and Central Nervous System Neoplasms at a Resin and Dye Manufacturing Plant

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Gamma-ray mutagen sensitivity and survival in patients with glioma.

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A comparative survival evaluation and assessment of interclassification concordance in adult supratentorial astrocytic tumors

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Mortality among synthetic fiber workers exposed to glycerol polyglycidyl ether

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