On the evidence for seasonal variation in the onset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Leukemia Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1327-1338

  Gao, Fei ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^b   Machin, David ^a,c,d  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Angular methods; Seasonality; von Mises distribution

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RESEARCH; CLIMATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SEASONS;

EID: 34547663407     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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