An ecologic study of childhood leukemia and population mixing in Ontario, Canada

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 483-490

  Koushik, Anita ^a   King, Will D ^a   McLaughlin, John R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Canada; Childhood leukemia; Epidemiology; Incidence; Population mixing; Urban rural status

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034897833     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011266413087     Document Type: Article

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