Birth characteristics, sibling patterns, and acute leukemia risk in childhood: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 939-947

  Westergaard, Tine ^a   Andersen, Per K ^b,c   Pedersen, Jakob B ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^d   Frisch, Morten ^a   Sørensen, Henrik T ^e   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SIBLING;

EID: 0030953258     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.13.939     Document Type: Article

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