Population-based survival trends for leukaemia in east anglia, united kingdom

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-407

  Badrinath, Padmanabhan ^a   Day, Nicholas Edward ^a   Stockton, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer registry; leukaemia; population trends; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031449205     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024668     Document Type: Article

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