First description of seasonality of birth and diagnosis amongst teenagers and young adults with cancer aged 15-24 years in England, 1996-2005

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  van Laar, Marlous ^a   Kinsey, Sally E ^b,c   Picton, Susan V ^c   Feltbower, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer; Epidemiology; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880954459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-365     Document Type: Article

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