Evidence from population mixing in British New Towns 1946-85 of an infective basis for childhood leukaemia.
Mortality from leukaemia under age 25 was studied in British New Towns to test the hypothesis that leukaemia represents a rare response to a much commoner (but unrecognised) infection, the transmission of which is facilitated when large numbers of people come together. The density of children was hi...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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