Environmental and genetic risk factors for childhood leukemia: Appraising the evidence

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-75

  Buffler, Patricia A ^a   Kwan, Marilyn L ^a   Reynolds, Peggy ^b   Urayama, Kevin Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood Leukemia; Environmental Exposures; Epidemiology; Genetic Susceptibility; Review

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACYLTRANSFERASE; BENZENE; CAROTENOID; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GYRASE INHIBITOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROSAMINE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH3; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); RETINOL; SOLVENT; TOBACCO SMOKE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHINA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENMARK; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXHAUST GAS; FOLATE METABOLISM; FRANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 14844303488     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-46402     Document Type: Review

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