Allergic conditions and risk of hematological malignancies in adults: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Söderberg, Karin C ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^b   Schwartzbaum, Judith ^a,c   Feychting, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; HAY FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; URTICARIA; AGED; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 12244286109     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-51     Document Type: Article

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