Infection and childhood leukemia: review of evidence

OBJECTIVE : To analyze studies that evaluated the role of infections as well as indirect measures of exposure to infection in the risk of childhood leukemia, particularly acute lymphoblastic leukemia. METHODS : A search in Medline, Lilacs, and SciELO scientific publication databases initially us...

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Main Authors: Raquel da Rocha Paiva Maia, Victor Wunsch Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102013000901172&lng=en&tlng=en