Infective cause of childhood leukaemia and wartime population mixing in Orkney and Shetland, UK.

In Orkney and Shetland (the UK's northernmost islands), during World War II, local people were outnumbered by servicemen stationed there in case of a northern invasion. Such rural-urban population mixing promotes contact between susceptible and infected individuals. We compared childhood leukae...

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Main Authors: Kinlen, L, Balkwill, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001