Vitamin supplement use among children with Down's syndrome and risk of leukaemia: A Children's Oncology Group (COG) study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Blair, Cindy K ^b,c   Roesler, Michelle ^b,c   Xie, Yang ^c   Gamis, Alan S ^d   Olshan, Andrew F ^e   Heerema, Nyla A ^f   Robison, Leslie L ^g   Ross, Julie A ^a,b,c  

^a MMC 422 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Down's syndrome; Vitamin supplements

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; ZINC;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 42249101930     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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