Preservation of lower incidence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Chinese residents in British Columbia: A 26-year survey from 1983 to 2008

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-827

  Mak, Vivien ^a   Ip, Dennis ^b   Mang, Oscar ^c   Dalal, Chinmay ^d   Huang, Steven ^d,e   Gerrie, Alina ^d   Gillan, Tanya ^e   Ramadan, Khaled M ^f   Toze, Cynthia ^d   Au, Wing Yan ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Cancer Institute   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese; CLL; WASR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84904293631     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2013.827785     Document Type: Article

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