Seasonal variation in month of birth and diagnosis of early childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-169

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Olsen, Jargen H ^b   Rothman, Kenneth J M ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DENMARK; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035835079     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.2.168     Document Type: Letter

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