Evaluating the relationships among maternal reproductive history, birth characteristics, and infant leukemia: A report from the Children's Cancer Group

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-179

  Ross, Julie A ^a,e   Potter, John D ^b   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Reaman, Gregory H ^f   Lampkin, Beatrice ^c,d   Robison, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME BAND; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030925237     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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