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Urbanization and childhood leukaemia in Taiwan

Author(s) -

ChungYi Li

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.4.587

Subject(s) - urbanization , demography , incidence (geometry) , relative risk , population , metropolitan area , childhood leukaemia , socioeconomic status , medicine , rural area , geography , pediatrics , environmental health , confidence interval , economic growth , pathology , physics , sociology , optics , economics

In the 1980s socioeconomic development was dramatically rapid in the urbanized municipalities of Taiwan due to a prospering economy. This study addressed the question: Could differences in the incidence of childhood leukaemia (age <15) be demonstrated between urban and rural communities in Taiwan between 1981 and 1990?

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