Seasonal variations in the onset of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-124

  Westerbeek, R M C ^a   Blair, V ^a   Eden, O B ^a   Kelsey, A M ^a   Stevens, R F ^a   Will, A M ^a   Taylor, G M ^b   Birch, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Infections; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Season

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 0031835193     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.452     Document Type: Article

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