Environment factors contributing to the development of childhood leukemia in children with Down's syndrome [3]

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1905-1907

  Mejia Arangure J M ^a,b   Fajardo Gutierrez A ^a   Flores Aguilar, H ^a,b   Martinez Garcia H ^a   Salamanca Gomez F ^a   Palma Padilla, V ^a   Paredes Aguilera, R ^c   Bernaldez Rios R ^a   Ortiz Fernandez A ^d   Martinez Avalos A ^e   Gorodezky, C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^c The Department of Haematology   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; AROMATIC AMINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; NICOTINE; NITROSAMINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KARYOTYPING; LETTER; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 17144444346     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403047     Document Type: Letter

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