Daycare attendance and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1419-1424

  Ma, X ^a   Buffler, P A ^a   Selvin, S ^a   Matthay, K K ^a   Wiencke, J K ^a   Wiemels, J L ^a   Reynolds, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Daycare; Delayed exposure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037029729     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600274     Document Type: Article

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