Family environment is associated with endemic Burkitt lymphoma: A population-based case-control study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Rainey, Jeanette J ^b   Rochford, Rosemary ^c   Sumba, Peter Odada ^d   Kowuor, Dickens ^d   Wilson, Mark L ^e   Moormann, Ann M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SIBLING; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSING; KENYA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41249091338     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.338     Document Type: Article

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