Spatial temporal patterns in childhood leukaemia: Further evidence for an infectious origin

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 812-817

  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   Magnani, C ^k   Michaelis, J ^l   Olsen, J H ^m   Peris Bonet, R ⁿ   Petridou, E ^o   Pukkala, E ^p   Vatten, L ^q  

^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 OF TURIN   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^m Danish Cancer Registry   (Denmark)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^p FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^q University Medical Center   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Childhood leukaemia; Cluster; Delayed exposure; In utero exposure; Infant leukaemia; Infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 15644384493     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.132     Document Type: Article

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