Fetal growth and acute childhood leukemia: Looking beyond birth weight

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Laurvick, Crystal L ^a   Blair, Eve ^a   Bower, Carol ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal development; Leukemia; Medical record linkage; Proportional hazards models; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL GROWTH; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547578403     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm065     Document Type: Article

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