Birth weight and other risk factors for acute leukemia in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study cohort

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1057-1064

  Paltiel, Ora ^a,b   Harlap, Susan ^c   Deutsch, Lisa ^a   Knaanie, Ariella ^a   Massalha, Sausan ^a   Tiram, Efrat ^a   Barchana, Micha ^d   Friedlander, Yehiel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Ministry of Health ^*  (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PERINATAL CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2942595885     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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