Childhood cancer trends in a western Canadian province: A population-based 22-year retrospective study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1348-1355

  Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a   Witol, Adrienne ^a   Stobart, Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Databases; Epidemiology; Neoplasms; Pediatrics; Registries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; OSTEOSARCOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREND STUDY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049237409     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22785     Document Type: Article

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