Risk of childhood cancer by maternal birthplace: A test of the Hispanic paradox

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 585-592

  Heck, Julia E ^a   Park, Andrew S ^a   Contreras, Zuelma A ^a   Davidson, Tom B ^b   Hoggatt, Katherine J ^a,c   Cockburn, Myles ^d   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTHPLACE; BONE TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CALIFORNIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BIRTHPLACE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEXICAN; MOTHER; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TERATOMA; UNILATERAL RETINOBLASTOMA; UNITED STATES; YOLK SAC TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; MIGRANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84973659676     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0097     Document Type: Article

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