ivation of Maternal Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Risk of Acute Leukemia in the Offspring

After identifying an association between maternal Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the authors analyzed a nested case-control study within Finnish and Icelandic maternity cohorts with 7…

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An epidemiological analysis of the ‘autism as mercury poisoning’ hypothesis

Abstract Where direct experimental research into a causal hypothesis of a disease is impossible due to ethical and practical considerations, epidemiological inference is the accepted route to establishing cause. Therefore,…

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