Population mixing and childhood leukaemia: Fallon and other US clusters.

What it found

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Who cites it

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1. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between childhood infections and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.British journal of cancer · 2018
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2. An examination, with a meta-analysis, of studies of childhood leukaemia in relation to population mixing.British journal of cancer · 2012
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3. A meta-analysis of the association between day-care attendance and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.International journal of epidemiology · 2010
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7. Comment on 'Residential distance at birth from overhead high-voltage powerlines: childhood cancer risk in Britain 1962-2008'.British journal of cancer · 2014
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8. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.Lancet (London, England) · 2013
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9. Unusual space-time patterning of the Fallon, Nevada leukemia cluster: Evidence of an infectious etiology.Chemico-biological interactions · 2012
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10. Perspectives on the causes of childhood leukemia.Chemico-biological interactions · 2012
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11. Childhood leukaemia, nuclear sites, and population mixing.British journal of cancer · 2011
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12. Seroprevalence of human herpes simplex, hepatitis B and epstein-barr viruses in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in southern iran.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2010
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13. Adenovirus DNA is detected at increased frequency in Guthrie cards from children who develop acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.British journal of cancer · 2007
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14. Impact of SARS on development of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.Leukemia · 2007
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15. Temporal variability of tungsten and cobalt in Fallon, Nevada.Environmental health perspectives · 2007
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16. Childhood leukaemia and ordnance factories in west Cumbria during the Second World War.British journal of cancer · 2006
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17. Childhood cancer in relation to distance from high voltage power lines in England and Wales: a case-control study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2005
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18. Incidence of leukemias in children from El Salvador and Mexico City between 1996 and 2000: population-based data.BMC cancer · 2005
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19. Childhood leukemia, military aviation facilities, and population mixing.Environmental health perspectives · 2004
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20. Infections and immune factors in cancer: the role of epidemiology.Oncogene · 2004
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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