Space-time clustering of childhood leukaemia cases in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-222

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a,b   Carpenter, Tim E ^b   Ajmal, Fouzia ^a   Rozi, Shafquat ^a   Adil, Salman ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; PAKISTAN; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14344265501     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.022178     Document Type: Article

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