Open AccessRisk of Childhood Cancer by Maternal Birthplace
Author(s) -
Julia E. Heck,
Andrew S. Park,
Zuelma A. Contreras,
Tom B. Davidson,
Katherine J. Hoggatt,
Myles Cockburn,
Beate Ritz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0097
Subject(s) - medicine , birth certificate , cancer registry , demography , ethnic group , population , pediatrics , pacific islanders , hazard ratio , environmental health , confidence interval , sociology , anthropology
The Hispanic epidemiologic paradox is the phenomenon that non-US-born Hispanic mothers who immigrate to the United States have better pregnancy outcomes than their US-born counterparts. It is unknown whether this advantage extends to childhood cancer risk.
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