Incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in white and coloured children in the Western Cape

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7 I, 2004, Pages 533-536

  Hesseling, P B ^a   Hartley, P ^b   Zietsman, L ^c   van Lill, S ^a   Preston Martin, S ^d   Wessels, G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAPE VERDE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4043062954     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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