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Confirmation of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Variants, ARID5B and IKZF1, and interaction with parental environmental exposures

The polygenic nature of childhood ALL predisposition together with the timing of environmental triggers may hold vital clues for disease etiology.

Maternal Dietary Intake of Folate and Vitamins B6 and B12 During Pregnancy and Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors

This Australia-wide study examines whether maternal intake of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 during pregnancy is associated with development of brain tumors...

Ultraviolet radiation exposure and serum vitamin D levels in young children

This paper examined the link between UV exposure and vitamin D production in young children to determine how long it takes for sun exposure to affect serum...

Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields

Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields British Journal..

Detecting genotyping error using measures of degree of Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium - art. no. 5

Tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) have been used to detect genotyping error, but those tests have low power unless the sample size is very large.

Childhood and parental diagnostic radiological procedures and risk of childhood brain tumors

We found no evidence of positive associations between risk of childhood brain tumours overall and childhood or parental pre-pregnancy radiological procedures.

The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium

The Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) was established in 2007 to promote investigations of rarer exposures, gene-environment interactions...

Familial aggregation of childhood and adult cancer in the Utah genealogy

We explored familial aggregation of cancer in a population-based case-control study using genealogical record linkage and designed to overcome limitations of...

Parental smoking and risk of childhood brain tumors

Childhood brain tumors (CBT) are the leading cause of cancer death in children, yet their etiology remains largely unknown.