Clustering in the incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes

Leukemia Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1683-1686

  Ma, Xiaomei ^a   Selvin, Steve ^b   Raza, Azra ^c   Foti, Kathryn ^a   Mayne, Susan T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Incidence; Myelodysplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTICUT; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 35748964183     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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