Cesarean Section and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Population-Based, Record-Linkage Study in California
Wang R, Wiemels JL, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Francis SS, Kadan-Lottick N, DeWan AT, Zhang Y, Ma X. Cesarean Section and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Population-Based, Record-Linkage Study in California. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2016, 185: 96-105. PMID: 27986703, PMCID: PMC5253971, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective C-sectionAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaC-sectionCesarean sectionLymphoblastic leukemiaHigh riskPopulation-based case-control studyPeak ageEmergency C-sectionRecord linkage studyCancer registry dataCase-control studyPotential risk factorsEtiology of childhoodRelationship of modeVaginal deliveryRisk factorsRole of deliveryRegistry dataElevated riskBirth recordsInaccurate recallChildhoodRisk