Epidemiology of childhood acute myeloid leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 728-733

  Puumala, Susan E ^a,b   Ross, Julie A ^c,d   Aplenc, Richard ^e   Spector, Logan G ^c,d  

^a SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Children; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BENZENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; GYRASE INHIBITOR; METRONIDAZOLE; PESTICIDE; PROPOXUR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOM SYNDROME; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FANCONI ANEMIA; FETUS WASTAGE; HEREDITY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MEDLINE; MONOSOMY 7; PARENTAL AGE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHWACHMAN SYNDROME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MATERNAL AGE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874957831     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24464     Document Type: Review

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