Sex-specific patterns and trends in the incidence of hematologic malignancies in 0-24 year olds from Northern England, 1968-2005

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1438-1440

  Magnanti, Brooke L ^a   Dorak, M Tevfik ^a   Parker, Louise ^b   Craft, Alan W ^a   James, Peter W ^a   McNally, Richard J Q ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related epidemiology; Hematologic malignancies

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849101389     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.12919     Document Type: Letter

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