Population mixing and the incidence of childhood leukaemias: Retrospective comparison in rural areas of New Zealand

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7040, 1996, Pages 1203-1204

  Dockerty, John D ^a   Cox, Brian ^a   Borman, Barry ^b   Sharples, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Central Regional Health Authority   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029960267     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7040.1203a     Document Type: Article

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