Allergy and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A population-based and record-based study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 970-978

  Chang, Jeffrey S ^a   Tsai, Yi Wen ^b   Tsai, Chia Rung ^a   Wiemels, Joseph L ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; immunology; leukemia

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84870418324     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws263     Document Type: Article

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