PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bernstein, L AU - Chilvers, C AU - Murrells, T AU - Pike, M C TI - Month of birth of men with malignant germ cell tumours of the testis. AID - 10.1136/jech.40.3.214 DP - 1986 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health PG - 214--217 VI - 40 IP - 3 4099 - http://jech.bmj.com/content/40/3/214.short 4100 - http://jech.bmj.com/content/40/3/214.full SO - J Epidemiol Community Health1986 Sep 01; 40 AB - A recent paper has suggested that there is a temporal cycle in birth rates of men with testis cancer with a peak in April/May. We have investigated the suggestion using data from the South Thames and Los Angeles cancer registries. There is some slight evidence of a peak in August, which is confined to teratomas. The effects demonstrated are, however, too small and inconsistent to provide any real clue to the aetiology of testis cancer.