Early deaths from childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont, Italy, 1967-1998

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Pastore, Guido ^a,b   Viscomi, Silvia ^a   Mosso, Maria Luisa ^a   Maule, Milena Maria ^a   Terracini, Benedetto ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^a,c   Merletti, Franco ^a  

^a Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont   (Italy)

^b SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Childhood neoplasm; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2642573495     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1425-x     Document Type: Article

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