Clustering of childhood leukaemia in Hong Kong: association with the childhood peak and common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and with population mixing.

Incidence data of childhood leukaemia (CL) in Hong Kong (1984-90) have been analysed for evidence of variation between small areas. All cases (n=261) were classified by morphological cell type, with the majority (n=205) being acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), and haematological review has permitt...

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Main Authors: Alexander, F. E., Chan, L. C., Lam, T. H., Yuen, P., Leung, N. K., Ha, S. Y., Yuen, H. L., Li, C. K., Lau, Y. L., Greaves, M. F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group|1 1997
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063384/