Are sunlight deprivation and influenza epidemics associated with the onset of acute leukemia?

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1553-1556

  Timonen, Timo ^a   Näyhä, Simo ^b,c   Koskela, Tapani ^d   Pukkala, Eero ^e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Influenza; Seasonality; Sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 36349032310     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10799     Document Type: Article

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