Age-specific incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in U.S. Children: In utero initiation model

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1542-1544

  Smith, Malcolm A ^a,b   Chen, Timothy ^a   Simon, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030822045     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.20.1542     Document Type: Article

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