Residential mobility and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: An ecological study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Adelman, A S ^a   Groves, F D ^b   O'Rourke, K ^c   Sinha, D ^a   Hulsey, T C ^a,d   Lawson, A B ^e   Wartenberg, D ^f   Hoel, D G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Population dynamics; Poverty; Race; Sex; Socioeconomic status; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEGRO; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34347348252     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603793     Document Type: Article

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