Comparison of birth weight corrected for gestational age and birth weight alone in prediction of development of childhood leukemia and central nervous system tumors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-249

  Sprehe, Michael R ^a   Barahmani, Nadia ^a,b   Cao, Yumei ^c   Wang, Tao ^a   Forman, Michele R ^a,c   Bondy, Melissa ^b,c   Okcu, M Fatih ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 74849094720     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22308     Document Type: Article

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