Patterns of infection and day care utilization and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 234-240

  Neglia, J P ^a,b,g   Linet, M S ^c   Shu, X O ^d   Severson, R K ^f   Potter, J D ^e   Mertens, A C ^a,b   Wen, W ^d   Kersey, J H ^a   Robison, L L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Day care; Infections

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033988225     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0905     Document Type: Article

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