Family characteristics as risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based case-control study.

<h4>Background</h4>To date, few risk factors for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been confirmed and the scientific literature is full of controversial "evidence." We examined if family characteristics, particularly maternal and paternal age and number of older...

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Main Authors: Martin Feller, Martin Adam, Marcel Zwahlen, Pierluigi Brazzola, Felix Niggli, Claudia Kuehni, Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group (SPOG), Swiss National Cohort (SNC)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20957179/?tool=EBI