Pre- and perinatal risk factors for childhood leukaemia and other malignancies: A Scottish case control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1844-1851

  McKinney, P A ^a   Juszczak, E ^a,b   Findlay, E ^a   Smith, K ^a   Thomson, C S ^a  

^a Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Cancer; Childhood; Epidemiology; Leukaemia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032788603     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690609     Document Type: Article

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