A meta-analysis of the association between day-care attendance and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 718-732

  Urayama, Kevin Y ^a   Buffler, Patricia A ^a   Gallagher, Emily R ^b   Ayoob, Julie M ^c   Ma, Xiaomei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Childhood; Day care; Epidemiology; Infection; Leukaemia; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHY; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; META-ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953738079     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp378     Document Type: Article

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