Childhood Leukemia and Primary Prevention

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 317-352

  Whitehead, Todd P ^a,b   Metayer, Catherine ^a,b   Wiemels, Joseph L ^b,c   Singer, Amanda W ^a   Miller, Mark D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FOLIC ACID; GYRASE INHIBITOR; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; THINNER; TOBACCO SMOKE; VITAMIN; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTANT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANCER RISK; CARBON METABOLISM; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COFFEE; COLA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; TEA; TOBACCO USE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; DIET; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA; MUTATION; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84992699672     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: 15383199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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