Diagnostic X-rays and risk of childhood leukaemia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1628-1637

  Bartley, Karen ^a   Metayer, Catherine ^a   Selvin, Steve ^a   Ducore, Jonathan ^b   Buffler, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Childhood leukaemia; Diagnostic X rays

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; X-RAY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649772292     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq162     Document Type: Article

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