Risks of childhood cancer among Texas watersheds, based on mothers' living locations at the time of birth

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Thompson, James A ^a   Carozza, Susan E ^a   Bissett, Wesley T ^a   Zhu, Li ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Model; Multivariate; Spatial; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EMBRYO; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER USE; WATERSHED;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949347749     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.018     Document Type: Article

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