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New study links maternal coffee to childhood acute leukemia

Childhood acute leukemia, maternal beverage intake during pregnancy, and metabolic polymorphisms

Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to analyze the associations between childhood acute leukemia (AL) and maternal caffeinated beverage consumption during pregnancy, and to explore interactions between caffeinated and alcoholic beverage consumption and polymorphisms of enzymes involved in caffeine and ethanol metabolisms.
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