Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and birthweight: Insights from a pooled analysis of case-control data from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1437-1447

  Roman, Eve ^a   Lightfoot, Tracy ^a   Smith, Alexandra G ^a   Forman, Michele R ^b   Linet, Martha S ^c   Robison, Les ^d   Simpson, Jill ^a   Kaatsch, Peter ^e   Grell, Kathrine ^f   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^f   Schüz, Joachim ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood Cancer; Epidemiology; Low birth weight; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875752869     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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