Gender differences in incidence rates of childhood B-precursor acute lymphocytic leukemia in Mississippi

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-167

  Forsythe, Amy ^a   Breland, Tobi ^a   Majumdar, Suvankar ^a   Elkin, T David ^a   Johnson, Dana ^a   Megason, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B precursor; Incidence; Leukemia; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950636186     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454209357919     Document Type: Article

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