Allergic disorders and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-307

  Wen, Wanqing ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a,f   Linet, Martha S ^b   Neglia, Joseph P ^c   Potter, John D ^d   Trigg, Michael E ^e   Robison, Leslie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Leukemia; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034061420     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008958724739     Document Type: Article

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