Maternal vitamin and iron supplementation and risk of infant leukaemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1724-1728

  Linabery, A M ^a   Puumala, S E ^a   Hilden, J M ^b   Davies, S M ^c   Heerema, N A ^d   Roesler, M A ^a   Ross, J A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Peyton Manning Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; infants; leukaemia; vitamin

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK; VITAMINS;

EID: 78650224338     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605957     Document Type: Article

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