Higher body mass index in 16-19 year-old Jewish Adolescents of North African, Middle Eastern and European Origins is a Predictor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: a cohort of 2.3 million Israelis.

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Studies evaluating adolescent risk factors for developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are virtually nonexistent. We assessed adolescent predictors of AML in adults, with a main focus on adolescent BMI.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Cancer Causes Control

Title: Cancer causes & control : CCC

Publisher: Springer Nature America, Inc

ISSN (Electronic): 1573-7225

ISSN (Print): 0957-5243

Publication date (Electronic): April 2017

Volume: 28

Issue: 4

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[1 ] Pediatric Division, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, Hadassah Medical Organization, POB 12000, Kiryat Hadassah, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. oded.shamriz@mail.huji.ac.il.

[2 ] Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Multiple Myeloma Clinic, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel.

[3 ] Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.

[4 ] Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Ein Kerem Campus, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.

[5 ] Medical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel.

[6 ] Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel.

[7 ] School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s10552-017-0863-5

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-017-0863-5

PubMed ID: 28258513

SO-VID: 91b42091-cef5-45c2-9526-765d1d4bdba6

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Keywords: Body mass index,Ethnicity,Ashkenazi,Adolescence,Acute myeloid leukemia,Middle East,North Africa,Risk factors,Western Asia

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Keywords: Body mass index, Ethnicity, Ashkenazi, Adolescence, Acute myeloid leukemia, Middle East, North Africa, Risk factors, Western Asia

Higher body mass index in 16-19 year-old Jewish Adolescents of North African, Middle Eastern and European Origins is a Predictor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: a cohort of 2.3 million Israelis.

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