Exposure to medical test irradiation and acute leukemia among children with Down syndrome: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Linabery, Amy M ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^b   Gamis, Alan S ^c   Smith, Franklin O ^d   Heerema, Nyla A ^e   Blair, Cindy K ^f   Ross, Julie A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TELEPHONE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEUKEMIA; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 33750958358     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0644     Document Type: Article

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