Space-Time Clustering of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Using Residential Histories in a Danish Case-Control Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Baastrup Nordsborg, Rikke ^a,b   Meliker, Jaymie R ^c   Kjær Ersbøll, Annette ^b   Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^d,e   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875651924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060800     Document Type: Article

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