Geographic and ethnic variations in the incidence of childhood cancer

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 682-703

  Stiller, C A ^a   Parkin, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EWING SARCOMA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MALARIA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0030457758     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011577     Document Type: Review

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