Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma: Overview of the descriptive epidemiology

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 809-819

  Dores, Graça M ^a   Anderson, William F ^a   Curtis, Rochelle E ^a   Landgren, Ola ^a   Ostroumova, Evgenia ^a   Bluhm, Elizabeth C ^a   Rabkin, Charles S ^a   Devesa, Susan S ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer registration; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Epidemiology; Small lymphocytic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148955863     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06856.x     Document Type: Article

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