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A study of leukemia clustering in Albemarle, North Carolina, 1968–1978
Author(s) -
Corbett Wayne T.,
Schey Harry M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810615)47:12<2952::aid-cncr2820471237>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - cluster analysis , leukemia , medicine , disease , contagious disease , virology , space (punctuation) , virus , immunology , artificial intelligence , pathology , computer science , operating system
Clustering of leukemia in an endemic area was investigated by an analysis of the way in which cases were distributed in space, in time, and in space and time together. The results were negative, suggesting that leukemia in the target area did not result from a contagious virus or from any other causative agent which would give rise to clustering. Rather than seeking a contagious viral basis for this disease, it would be more useful to conduct a retrospective case‐control study that might uncover etiologic agents not associated with clustering.