Space-time clustering of childhood cancer around the residence at birth

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 449-455

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a,c   Bithell, John F ^b   Vincent, Tim J ^b   Murphy, Michael F G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Etiology; Infections; Space time clustering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58249092979     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23927     Document Type: Article

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