Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in relation to population mixing around the time of birth in South Hungary

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 944-948

  Nyári, Tibor A ^a   Kajtár, Pál ^b   Bartyik, Katalin ^a   Thurzó, László ^a   Parker, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL; Epidemiology; Infections; Population mixing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750460265     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20737     Document Type: Article

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