High lifetime incidence of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia among hispanics in California

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 611-615

  Pullarkat, Sheeja T ^a,b   Danley, Kathleen ^a,c   Bernstein, Leslie ^a,c   Brynes, Russell K ^a,c   Cozen, Wendy ^a,c  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 60549092106     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2949     Document Type: Article

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