Parental social contact in the work place and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1315-1321

  Chang, J S ^a,b   Metayer, C ^b   Fear, N T ^c   Reinier, K ^d   Yin, X ^e   Urayama, K ^b   Russo, C ^f   Jolly, K W ^g   Buffler, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Parental occupation; Social contact

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35648994300     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604024     Document Type: Article

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