Rising rates of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Hispanic children: Trends in incidence from 1992 to 2011

Blood

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3033-3034

  Barrington Trimis, Jessica L ^a   Cockburn, Myles ^a   Metayer, Catherine ^b   Gauderman, W James ^a   Wiemels, Joseph ^a   McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952640501     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-03-634006     Document Type: Letter

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