Reported associations between asthma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: insights from a hybrid simulation study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 593-602

  Sudan, Madhuri ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a   Olsen, Jorn ^b   Kheifets, Leeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood leukemia; Confounding; Infection; Risk factors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84957686917     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0126-x     Document Type: Article

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