Childhood leukaemia, nuclear sites, and population mixing

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Kinlen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; childhood leukaemia; leukaemia; nuclear sites; population mixing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MUTATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; OIL INDUSTRY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; ENGLAND; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 78650882963     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605982     Document Type: Review

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