Exposure to diagnostic radiological procedures and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2897-2909

  Bailey, Helen D ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^c   Attia, John ^d,e   Lockwood, Liane ^f   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY;

EID: 78549271194     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0542     Document Type: Article

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