International parallels in leukaemia and diabetes epidemiology

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Feltbower, R G ^a   McKinney, P A ^a   Greaves, M F ^b   Parslow, R C ^a   Bodansky, H J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HELPER CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 1642580632     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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