A meta-analysis of the association between day-care attendance and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Urayama KY, Buffler PA, Gallagher ER, Ayoob JM, Ma X. A meta-analysis of the association between day-care attendance and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2010, 39: 718-732. PMID: 20110276, PMCID: PMC2878455, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp378.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDay care attendanceAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemiaLymphoblastic leukemiaOdds ratioRisk of childhoodCase-control studyEarly life exposureRandom-effects modelCommon infectionsSubgroup analysisProphylactic interventionsInfluence of timingObservational studyChildhood leukemiaStudy heterogeneityPubMed databaseInfected individualsRisk estimatesSimilar findingsLeukemiaInfectionEarly childhoodRare responsesEffects model