Spatial clustering of childhood cancers in Great Britain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-319

  Knox, E G ^a   Gilman, E A ^b  

^a Mill Cottage ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029883322     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.313     Document Type: Article

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