Maternal dietary intake of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 during pregnancy and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1122-1130

  Bailey, Helen D ^a   Miller, Margaret ^b   Langridge, Amanda ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Van Bockxmeer, Frank M ^c,d   Attia, John ^e,f   Scott, Rodney J ^g,h   Armstrong, Bruce K ⁱ   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^h JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84867836673     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2012.707278     Document Type: Article

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