The causes of acute leukemia

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-24

  Severson, Richard K ^a   Ross, Julie A ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; RADIATION;

EID: 0033043428     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199901000-00005     Document Type: Review

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