Pet ownership and childhood acute leukemia (USA and Canada)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-303

  Swensen, A R ^a   Ross, J A ^a,b   Shu, X O ^a,c   Reaman, G H ^d   Steinbuch, M ^a,e   Robison, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Leukemia; Pets

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034978505     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011276417369     Document Type: Article

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