Birth weight by gestational age and risk of childhood acute leukemia: A population-based study 1961-2002

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-712

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Rankin, Judith ^a   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a   Parker, Louise ^b   McNally, Richard J Q ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RISK;

EID: 79953193795     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.546915     Document Type: Article

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