Evidence that childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is associated with an infectious agent linked to hygiene conditions

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-298

  Smith, Malcolm A ^a   Simon, Richard ^a   Strickler, Howard D ^a   McQuillan, Geraldine ^b   Gloeckler Ries, Lynn A ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Hepatitis A virus; Hygiene; Japan; Socioeconomic status; United States

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031826763     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008873103921     Document Type: Article

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