Etiology of childhood leukemia: Environment, genes, controversies, and conundrums

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-

  Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DNA REPAIR; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA;

EID: 14844299795     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-46389     Document Type: Editorial

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