High Ambient Temperature in Pregnancy and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Tormod RogneRong WangPin WangNicole C DezielCatherine MetayerJoseph L WiemelsKai ChenJoshua L WarrenXiaomei Ma

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

Our findings suggest an association between high ambient temperature in early pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL. Further replication and investigation of mechanistic pathways may inform mitigation strategies.

Keyphrases

acute lymphoblastic leukemia
air pollution
particulate matter
climate change
early life
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
acute myeloid leukemia
preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes