Spatial clustering of childhood leukaemia: Summary results from the EUROCLUS project

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 818-824

  Alexander, F E ^a   Boyle, P ^b   Carli, P M ^c   Coebergh, J W ^d,e   Draper, G J ^f   Ekbom, A ^g   Levi, F ^h   McKinney, P A ⁱ   McWhirter, W ^j   Michaelis, J ^k   Peris Bonet, R ^l   Petridou, E ^m   Pompe Kirn, V ⁿ   Plisko I ^o   Pukkala, E ^p   Rahu, M ^q   Storm, H ^r   Terracini, B ^s   Vatten, L ^t   Wray, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Div of Epidemiol and Biostatistics   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Dutch Childhood Leukaemia Stud Grp   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^o CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^p FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^q Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^r Danish Cancer Registry   (Denmark)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^t University Medical Center   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Cancer registry; Childhood leukaemia; Cluster; Extra Poisson variation; Infection; Statistical methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15144359115     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.133     Document Type: Article

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