Sibship size, birth order and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and infectious mononucleosis: a nationwide study in Sweden | Zendy

Zhiwei Liu | Zendy; Fang Fang | Zendy; Ellen T. Chang | Zendy; HansOlov Adami | Zendy; Weimin Ye | Zendy

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Sibship size, birth order and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and infectious mononucleosis: a nationwide study in Sweden

Author(s) -

Zhiwei Liu,

Fang Fang,

Ellen T. Chang,

HansOlov Adami,

Weimin Ye

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv038

Subject(s) - mononucleosis , odds ratio , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , medicine , case control study , birth order , population , confidence interval , etiology , epstein–barr virus infection , epidemiology , immunology , pediatrics , demography , virus , epstein–barr virus , environmental health , sociology , radiation therapy

The aetiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains enigmatic in endemic and non-endemic areas. Early-life infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may predispose to NPC development, whereas delayed primary infection with EBV may cause infectious mononucleosis (IM).

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