Quantifying the effect of population mixing on childhood leukaemia risk: The Seascale cluster

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-151

  Dickinson, H O ^a   Parker, L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Epidemiology; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Population mixing; Retrospective cohort study; Seascale

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWER PLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032833768     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690664     Document Type: Article

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