Infections in early life and childhood leukaemia risk: A UK case-control study of general practitioner records

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1529-1533

  Cardwell, C R ^a   McKinney, P A ^b   Patterson, C C ^a   Murray, L J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute; Childhood; Epidemiology; Infection; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RISK;

EID: 55249094297     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604696     Document Type: Article

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