Prenatal exposure to parents' smoking and childhood cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 123-132

  John, Esther M ^a,b   Savitz, David A ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Child; Leukemia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0026031285     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115851     Document Type: Article

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