Maternal exposure to household chemicals and risk of infant leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1197-1204

  Slater, Megan E ^a   Linabery, Amy M ^a   Spector, Logan G ^a   Johnson, Kimberly J ^a   Hilden, Joanne M ^b   Heerema, Nyla A ^c   Robison, Leslie L ^d   Ross, Julie A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; Epidemiology; Infants; Leukemia; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82955233118     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9798-4     Document Type: Article

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