Fathers' occupational contacts and risk of childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Pearce, Mark S ^a,b   Cotterill, Simon J ^a   Parker, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TEACHER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142676605     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120883.24664.26     Document Type: Article

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