Seasonal variation in month of birth and diagnosis in children and adolescents with Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 534-538

  Langagergaard, Vivian ^a,e   Nørgård, Bente ^b   Mellemkjær, Lene ^c   Pedersen, Lars ^b   Rothman, Kenneth J ^d   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Dept of Epidemiol/Social Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hodgkin disease; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT CANCER; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH MONTH; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; REGISTRIES; SEASONS;

EID: 0037634493     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200307000-00007     Document Type: Article

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