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Epidemiology of leukemia and lymphoma : report of the Leukemia Research Fund International Workshop, Oxford, UK, September 1984 /
Epidemiology of Leukaemia and Lymphoma contains the proceedings of the Leukaemia Research Fund International Workshop held in Oxford, UK, on September 25-27, 1984. Contributors explore the epidemiology of leukemia and lymphoma based on the results of a pilot study that investigated whether careful s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1985.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Epidemiology of Leukaemia and Lymphoma; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PARTICIPANTS; PART I: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY; CHAPTER 1. INTERNATIONAL DATA COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION: A REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; MORTALITY STATISTICS; MORBIDITY STATISTICS; EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF DESCRIPTIVE DATA; THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. SEARCHING FOR CLUSTERS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA AND LYMPHOMA IN GREAT BRITAIN; REGISTRATION RATES BY AGE AND SEX.
- White blood cell counts (and cellmarkers)histological subtypes; references; chapter 4. recent epidemiological. studies of leukaemia in the united kingdom; introduction; leukaemia research fund studies; results; conclusion; chapter 5. epidemiological. and immunological characteristics of childhood leukaemia in the netherlands: population-based data from a nationwide co-operative group of paediatricians; introduction; patients and methods; results; discussion; references; part ii: identifying causes of leukaemia/lymphoma.
- Chapter 6. viruses as risk factors or causes of human leukaemias and lymphomas?introduction; sero-epidemiology of htlv-i and iii in french west indies; the epstein-barr virus in the etiology of burkitt's lymphoma; references; chapter 7. epidemiology of human retroviruses; the value of subtyping in studies of irradiation and human leukaemia; the major studies; analysis by subtype of leukaemia: ankylosing spondylitis study; analysis by subtype of leukaemia: life span study; conclusions; references; chapter 8. inherited factors in leukaemia and lymphoma; inherited syndromes; twins; families.
- Inherited traitsconclusions; references; chapter 9. animal models: lessons from feline and bovine leukaemia virus infections; feline leukaemia virus; references; part iii: the geography of leukaemia and lymphoma subtypes; chapter 10. collaborative group study of the epidemiology of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia subtypes: background and first report; epidemiology of all; subtypes of all; the collaborative group study of all subtypes; summary of observations and preliminary conclusions; centres with a bias in all subgroups; increase in t-all or deficit in common all?
- Possible explanations for bias in all subsetsfurther comments and criticisms on the collaborative study and future plans; references; chapter 11. the epidemiology of lymphomas and leukaemias in africa
- an overview; introduction; lymphomas; leukaemias; references; chapter 12. influence of life-style on the pattern of leukaemia and lymphoma subtypes among nigerians; introduction; methods; results; discussion; references; chapter 13. leukaemia and lymphoma in kenya; the leukaemias; the malignant lymphomas; burkitt's lymphoma; references.