Seasonal variations of date of diagnosis and birth for neuroblastoma patients in Italy

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-578

  Parodi, Stefano ^a   Fontana, Vincenzo ^b   Haupt, Riccardo ^c   Corrias, M V ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuroblastoma; Seasonality; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IFM; INCREMENT FROM THE MEAN; NB; NEUROBLASTOMA; SEASONALITY; TIME TREND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884157400     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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