Variation in the seasonal diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Evidence from Singapore, the United States, and Sweden

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 753-763

  Gao, Fei ^a   Nordin, Per ^b   Krantz, Ingela ^b   Chia, Kee Seng ^c   Machin, David ^a,d  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leukemia, lymphoblastic, acute; Seasons

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LATITUDE; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444504214     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi272     Document Type: Article

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