Childhood solid tumours in relation to population mixing around the time of birth

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1370-1374

  Nyari, T A ^a   Dickinson, H O ^a   Hammal, D M ^a   Parker, L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood solid tumours; Epidemiology; Population mixing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLID TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038485537     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600880     Document Type: Article

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