Month-of-birth and incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Meltzer, Arthur A ^a,c   Annegers, J Fred ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Childhood; Incidence; Seasons

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029800747     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609054805     Document Type: Article

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