Geographical and ecological analyses of childhood Wilms' tumours and soft-tissue sarcomas in North West England

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1586-1593

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   Alston, Robert D ^a   Cairns, Donal P ^a   Eden, Osborn B ^b   Kelsey, Anna M ^c   Birch, Jillian M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Manchester Children's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Children; Environment; Epidemiology; Lifestyle; Small area analysis; Soft tissue sarcoma; Wilms' tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037632218     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00357-5     Document Type: Article

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