Space-time clustering of childhood central nervous system tumours in Yorkshire, UK

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McNally, Richard J Q ^a   James, Peter W ^a   Picton, Susan V ^b   McKinney, Patricia A ^c   van Laar, Marlous ^c   Feltbower, Richard G ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 84855722520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-13     Document Type: Article

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