Epidemiology of childhood Leukemia, with a focus on infants

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 243-272

  Ross, Julie A ^a,b   Davies, Stella M ^a   Potter, John D ^b   Robison, Leslie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028650364     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036153     Document Type: Article

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