Exposure to infections and risk of leukemia in young children

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1195-1203

  Marcotte, Erin L ^a   Ritz, Beate ^b   Cockburn, Myles ^c   Yu, Fei ^b   Heck, Julia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903997180     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1330     Document Type: Article

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