Congenital anomaly and childhood cancer: A population-based, record linkage study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-612

  Rankin, Judith ^a,e   Silf, Kirstin A ^b   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Parker, Louise ^a,c   Platt, Martin Ward ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GP Registrar   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Congenital anomaly; Data linkage; Registers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 52249108454     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21682     Document Type: Article

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