Leukemia mortality trends among children, adolescents, and young adults in Latin America

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-102

  Curado, Maria Paula ^a   Pontes, Thais ^a,b   Guerra Yi, Marta E ^a   De Camargo Cancela, Marianna ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Latin America; Leukemia; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ARGENTINA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79953232693     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892011000200004     Document Type: Article

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