Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A population-based case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Feller, Martin ^a   Adam, Martin ^a,b,c   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Brazzola, Pierluigi ^d   Niggli, Felix ^e   Kuehni, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78049309922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013156     Document Type: Article

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