Are incidence rates of adult leukemia in the United States significantly associated with birth cohort?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2159-2166

  Rosenberg, Philip S ^a   Wilson, Katherine L ^a   Anderson, William F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871314349     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0910     Document Type: Article

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