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ArticleMateria socio-medica2018

Parental Occupational Exposures and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia.

Aleka Kyriakopoulou, Evangelia Meimeti, Ioannis Moisoglou, Anna Psarrou, Xeni Provatopoulou, Georgios Dounias

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Article in Materia socio-medica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Aleka KyriakopoulouOccupational and Industrial Hygiene Department, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
Evangelia MeimetiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Ioannis MoisoglouQuality Assurance and Continuing Education Unit, General Hospital of Lamia, Greece.
Anna PsarrouFirst Department of Internal Medicine, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Xeni ProvatopoulouResearch Biologist, Principal Investigator.
Georgios DouniasOccupational and Industrial Hygiene Department, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
National School of Public Health · GRCompany of Biologists · GBHealth First · USNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAcute leukemia, accounting for 20% of all cancers diagnosed in individuals younger than 19 years old, is the most prevalent childhood malignancy. Among environmental risk factors, parental occupational exposures have attracted scientific interest as potential predisposing factors for childhood leukemia. The role of parental occupational exposure to social contacts, harmful chemicals, electromagnetic fields and ionizing radiation has been investigated with conflicting and inconsistent results.

aimA case-control study aiming to assess the association between parental occupational exposures to social contacts, chemicals and electromagnetic fields and the risk of offspring acute leukemia. MATERIAL AND

methods108 children with acute leukemia and equal number of matched controls were included. Data on parental occupations before conception, during pregnancy, during breastfeeding and after birth, and on potential risk factors was recorded. Associations between parental exposure and risk of childhood leukemia were estimated.

resultsParental occupational exposure during the four periods of exposure was not associated with childhood leukemia. High birth weight and family history of cancer were associated with the development of childhood acute leukemia. A weak association of maternal medication use during pregnancy and leukemia risk emerged.

conclusionsSince the causative factors of childhood leukemia remain unknown, further investigation is mandatory for the reduction of disease burden.

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Childhood acute leukemiaelectromagnetic fieldsharmful chemicalsoccupational exposuresrisk factorssocial contacts

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