Evaluating the Role of Birth Weight and Gestational Age on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Risk among Those of Hispanic Ethnicity

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 382-389

  Barahmani, Nadia ^a,b   Dorak, M Tevfik ^d   Forman, Michele R ^c   Sprehe, Michael R ^a   Scheurer, Michael E ^a,b   Bondy, Melissa L ^a,b   Okcu, M Fatih ^a,b   Lupo, Philip J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Childhood Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL; cancer control; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; TEXAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES; TEXAS;

EID: 84942835224     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2015.1052867     Document Type: Article

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