Small influence of parental educational level on the survival of children with leukaemia in The Netherlands between 1973 and 1979

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-289

  Coebergh, J W W ^a,b   Van Der Does Van Den Berg, A ^a   Hop, W C J ^b   Van Weerden, F ^a   Rammeloo, J A ^a   Van Steensel, H A ^c   Van Wering, E R ^a   Kamps, W A ^a  

^a Dutch Childhood Leukaemia Stud Grp   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Parental educational level; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, NONLYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029879080     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00577-3     Document Type: Article

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