Atopic disease and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-260

  Schüz, Joachim ^a   Morgan, Gareth ^b   Böhler, Eva ^a   Kaatsch, Peter ^a   Michaelis, Jörg ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Childhood leukemia; Family history; Germany

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURODERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEURODERMATITIS; ODDS RATIO; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0242515830     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11054     Document Type: Article

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