Parental occupational exposure to hydrocarbons and risk of acute lymphocytic leukemia in offspring

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 783-791

  Shu, Xiao Ou ^a,e,f   Stewart, Patricia ^b   Wen, Wan Qing ^a   Han, Dehui ^a   Potter, John D ^c   Buckley, Jonathan D ^d   Heineman, Ellen ^b   Robison, Leslie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PAINT; PLASTIC; SOLVENT; THINNER;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344563528     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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