Trends in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Western Australia, 1960-2006

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1130-1134

  Milne, Elizabeth ^a   Laurvick, Crystal L ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Robertson, Laila ^a   Thompson, Judith R ^a   Bower, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Childhood; Cohort study; Folate; Trends

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES;

EID: 38749097782     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23226     Document Type: Article

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