Magnetic fields and acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 158-161

  Mejia Arangure, Juan Manuel ^a,f   Fajardo Gutierrez, Arturo ^a   Perez Saldivar, Maria Luisa ^a   Gorodezky, Clara ^b   Martinez Avalos, Armando ^c   Romero Guzman, Lina ^d   Campo Martinez, Maria Angeles ^a   Flores Lujano, Janet ^a   Salamanca Gomez, Fabio ^a   Velasquez Perez, Leora ^e  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^f HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845749094     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000248186.31452.be     Document Type: Article

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