Spatial clustering of childhood cancer in Great Britain during the period 1969-1993

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 932-936

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a,d   Alexander, Freda E ^b   Vincent, Tim J ^c   Murphy, Michael F G ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cancer; Children; Environment; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UNITED KINGDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SARCOMA;

EID: 58149471251     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23965     Document Type: Article

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