Population mixing and the risk of childhood leukaemia in Switzerland: a census-based cohort study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1287-1298

  Lupatsch, Judith E ^a   Kuehni, Claudia E ^a   Niggli, Felix ^b   Ammann, Roland A ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,c   Spycher, Ben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Leukaemia; Population mixing; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEWBORN; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIXING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84952637063     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0042-5     Document Type: Article

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