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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2010

Season of birth and risk for adult onset glioma.

Jimmy T Efird

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Environmental Hazards and Glial Brain Tumors: Association or Causation?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
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  5. Early life exposures and the risk of adult glioma.European journal of epidemiology · 2013
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jimmy T EfirdCenter for Health of Vulnerable Populations, Office of the Dean, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, 237A McIver Building, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA. jimmy.efird@stanfordalumni.org
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

TRIAD Center for Health DisparitiesP20MD002289 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI WALLACE, DEBRA C. · 2007 to 2015
$10.6M
NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD002289NIMHD NIH HHS P20MD002289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult onset glioma is a rare cancer which occurs more frequently in Caucasians than African Americans, and in men than women. The etiology of this disease is largely unknown. Exposure to ionizing radiation is the only well established environmental risk factor, and this factor explains only a small percentage of cases. Several recent studies have reported an association between season of birth and glioma risk. This paper reviews the plausibility of evidence focusing on the seasonal interrelation of farming, allergies, viruses, vitamin D, diet, birth weight, and handedness. To date, a convincing explanation for the occurrence of adult gliomas decades after a seasonal exposure at birth remains elusive.

Indexed as

SeasonsAdultBrain NeoplasmsEnvironmental ExposureFemaleGliomaHumansMaleRisk Factorsallergiesfarminggliomashandedness

Identifiers

PMID20623001
PMCPMC2898025
OpenAlexW2172013423

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Registered trials

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