Day care in infancy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Findings from UK case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7503, 2005, Pages 1294-1297

  Gilham, C ^a   Peto, J ^b,c   Simpson, J ^d   Roman, E ^c,d   Eden, T O B ^c,e   Greaves, M F ^a,c   Alexander, F E ^c,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 20444451978     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38428.521042.8F     Document Type: Article

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