Exposure to house painting and the use of floor treatments and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2405-2414

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

case control studies; child; leukemia; paint

Indexed keywords

PAINT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH ORDER; BUILDING; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INCIDENCE; INCOME; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAINTING; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRISOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951722182     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25572     Document Type: Article

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