Investigation of a cluster of leukaemia in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, 1989–1996
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 171 (4) , 178-183
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123593.x
Abstract
Objectives To investigate a cluster of leukaemia among young people and assess the plausibility of a disease–exposure relationship. Design Descriptive analysis of population‐based leukaemia incide...Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Genetic Polymorphisms of HumanN-Acetyltransferase, Cytochrome P450, Glutathione-S-Transferase, and Epoxide Hydrolase Enzymes: Relevance to Xenobiotic Metabolism and ToxicityCritical Reviews in Toxicology, 1999
- Childhood cancer and parental use of tobacco: deaths from 1953 to 1955British Journal of Cancer, 1997
- Cluster analysis and disease mapping--why, when, and how? A step by step guideBMJ, 1996
- Epidemiology of Childhood Leukemia, with a Focus on InfantsEpidemiologic Reviews, 1994
- Viruses, clusters and clustering of childhood leukaemia: a new perspective?European Journal Of Cancer, 1993
- Simple SAS macros for the calculation of exact binomial and Poisson confidence limitsComputers in Biology and Medicine, 1992
- A SOBERING START FOR THE CLUSTER BUSTERS' CONFERENCEAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1990
- STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO DISEASE CLUSTER REPORTS: A PROTOCOL FOR INVESTIGATIONAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1990
- APPROPRIATE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES TO CLUSTERS: THE ART OF BEING RESPONSIBLY RESPONSIVEAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1990
- CANCER EXPERIENCE AMONG COKE BY‐PRODUCT WORKERSAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1976