Residential exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and risk of childhood hematological malignancies in Switzerland: A census‐based cohort study
Astrid Coste,
Christian Kreis,
Claudine Backes
et al.
Abstract:Still little is known about possible environmental risk factors of childhood hematological malignancies (CHM). Previous studies suggest that ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is associated with a lower risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. We investigated the association between solar UVR exposure and risk of CHM in Switzerland, a country with greatly varying topography and weather conditions. We included all resident children aged 0–15 years from the Swiss National Cohort during 1990–2016… Show more
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