Childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in relation to proximity to railways

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 695-698

  Dickinson, H O ^a   Hammal, D M ^a   Dummer, T J B ^c   Parker, L ^a   Bithell, J F ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Epidemiology; Railways

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; RAILROADS; WALES;

EID: 0037430033     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600762     Document Type: Article

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