Associations between infectious mononucleosis and cancer: Record-linkage studies

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 672-680

  Goldacre, Michael J ^a   Wotton, C J ^a   Yeates, D G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis; Lymphoma; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549123597     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001246     Document Type: Article

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