Space-time clustering of childhood leukaemia in Greece: Evidence supporting a viral aetiology

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1278-1283

  Petridou, E ^a,b   Revinthi, K ^a   Alexander, F E ^c   Haidas, S ^d   Koliouskas, D ^e   Kosmidis, H ^f   Piperopoulou, F ^g   Tzortzatou, F ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Ag Sophia Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^e Ippocrateion General Hospital   (Greece)

^f P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Space time clustering; Viral aetiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 0029899793     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.245     Document Type: Article

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