Invited commentary: Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and allergies: Biology or bias?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 979-983

  Linabery, Amy M ^a   Spector, Logan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

child; hypersensitivity; leukemia

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); REVIEW; URTICARIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84870403023     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws265     Document Type: Review

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