Effect of population mixing and socioeconomic status in England and Wales, 1979–85, on lymphoblastic leukaemia in children

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7068, 1996, Pages 1297-1300

  Stiller, C A ^a   Boyle, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MIGRATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; WALES;

EID: 0029853181     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7068.1297     Document Type: Article

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