Evidence of space-time clustering of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Sweden

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 655-657

  Gustafsson, B ^a   Carstensen, J ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphatic leukaemia; Space time clustering; Viral hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032938942     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690103     Document Type: Article

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