Season of birth and diagnosis for childhood cancer in Northern England, 1968-2005

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-318

  Basta, Nermine O ^a   James, Peter W ^a   Craft, Alan W ^a   McNally, Richard J Q ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Childhood cancer; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Month of birth; Month of diagnosis; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPENDYMOMA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GONAD TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONLYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEASONS;

EID: 77950639049     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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