Excess diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during spring in the USA

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Koutros, Stella ^a,b   Holford, Teodore R ^a   Hahn, Theresa ^c   Lantos, Paul M ^d   McCarthy Jr , Philip L ^c   Risch, Harvey A ^a   Swede, Helen ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; T CELL LYMPHOMA; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEASON; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247877917     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190601076799     Document Type: Article

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