L Spector

..78; 95% CI: 1.00-14.29) and of asthma (OR=3.10; 95% CI: 1.39-6.95). None of the other allergic conditions were associated with ALL. These results are contrary to those of prior studies of childhood ALL and allergy...

..These results suggest that DBS analysis may identify infants of women who smoke throughout pregnancy...

..We hypothesized that maternal consumption of dietary DNAt2 inhibitors during pregnancy would increase the risk of infant leukemia, particularly AML(MLL+)...

..These results suggest that birth registries may be used to select controls for studies of rare childhood diseases on a national scale...

..To evaluate the relationship between neonatal oxygen supplementation (O2) and childhood cancer in the Collaborative Perinatal Project (CPP)...

..Other variables of interest were not notably associated with infant leukemia regardless of MLL status. This investigation further supports the contention that molecularly defined subtypes of infant leukemia have separate etiologies...

..There is mixed evidence for associations between reproductive history or infertility and acute leukemia among children without DS...

..Our analysis suggests that mechanisms other than birth weight and gestational age may influence the lower risk of Wilms' tumor and neuroblastoma in multiple births...

..However, because future case-control studies will at least partially rely on questionnaire data, improvements including probing questions, better interview techniques, and validation studies are indicated...

..Translocations present in neonatal blood spots and the young age peak of diagnosis suggest that early-life factors are involved in childhood leukemia etiology...

..All other factors examined showed no association with WT. This study contributes to the mounting evidence that children with large size at birth have an increased risk of WT...

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..0, 95% CI 1.3-7.2) and maternal age <20 years (HR = 2.6, 95% CI 1.1-6.1) increased risks for infant NB only. Our study provides evidence that a few perinatal exposures as recorded in birth records may play a role in NB etiology...

..Because data on very low birth weight and other childhood cancers are sparse, we examined the risk of malignancy with very low birth weight in a large data set...

..We examined whether maternal infections and health conditions during pregnancy were associated with acute leukemia in children with DS...

..Few risk factors for childhood cancer are well-established. We investigated whether advancing parental age increases childhood cancer risk...

..46, 95% CI 0.22-0.96). These sex and cancer site specific associations should be confirmed in additional studies as they may provide clues to the etiology of pediatric GCT...

..3,317 g). Finally, participating BC mothers were likely to be older and to have more education than nonparticipants. Thus, the study's control groups were comparable but differed from the population of interest...

..Little is known about risk factors for childhood rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and the histology-specific details are rare...

..Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphisms modify this risk...

..Parental infertility and infertility treatment have been studied with regard to childhood cancer in general, but rarely in individual cancer subtypes...

..4% per year (95% CI: -2.7, -2.0; p < 0.001). The current low response rates for RDD indicate a substantial potential for selection bias and a need to seek alternative sources of controls...

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..0. This exploratory study suggests that household chemical exposure may play a role in the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with Down's syndrome...

..To determine whether the postnatal growth rate of infants with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with later cognitive function and body mass index (BMI)...

..Data concerning diet, physical activity, family health history, and anthropometries will also be collected through mailed surveys of parents and children. ..