Breast-feeding and risk of childhood acute leukemia

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1765-1772

  Shu, Xiao Ou ^f,g   Linet, Martha S ^b   Steinbuch, Michael ^a,h   Wen, Wan Qing ^a   Buckley, Jonathan D ^c   Neglia, Joseph P ^a   Potter, John D ^d   Reaman, Gregory H ^e   Robison, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^h PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033589325     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.20.1765     Document Type: Article

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