Development and perspective of current Brazilian studies on the epidemiology of childhood leukemia

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Pombo de Oliveira, Maria S ^a   Koifman, Sergio ^b   Vasconcelos, Gisele M ^a   Emerenciano, Mariana ^a   de Oliveira Novaes, Cristiane ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Environmental risk factors; Genetic polymorphisms; Risk; Transplacental exposure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAILLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION SERVICES; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; REGISTRIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 59349101853     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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