Evidence of population mixing based on the geographical distribution of childhood leukemia in Ohio

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-802

  Clark, Brenda R ^a   Ferketich, Amy K ^a   Fisher, James L ^b   Ruymann, Frederick B ^c   Harris, Randall E ^a   Wilkins III, John R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute monocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia; Cancer cluster; Pediatric leukemia; Population mixing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; OHIO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34948814017     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21181     Document Type: Article

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