Associations between three types of maternal bacterial infection and risk of leukemia in the offspring

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 662-667

  Lehtinen, Matti ^a,b   Ögmundsdottir, Helga M ^c,d   Bloigu, Aini ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^e   Hemminki, Elina ^a   Gudnadottir, Margret ^d   Kjartansdottir, Anne ^d   Paavonen, Jorma ^f   Pukkala, Eero ^e   Tulinius, Hrafn ^c,d   Lehtinen, Tuula ^b   Koskela, Pentti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Case control studies; Child; Chlamydia; Helicobacter pylori; Leukemia, lymphocytic, acute; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHLAMYDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MICROORGANISM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; ICELAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 26444460144     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi261     Document Type: Article

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