Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada
Author(s) -
Carol Rubin,
Adrianne Holmes,
Martin Belson,
Robert L. Jones,
W. Dana Flanders,
Stephanie Kieszak,
John Osterloh,
George E. Luber,
Benjamin C. Blount,
Dana Boyd Barr,
Karen Steinberg,
Glen A. Satten,
Michael A. McGeehin,
Randall L. Todd
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9022
Subject(s) - leukemia , environmental health , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , population , childhood leukemia , cancer , etiology , demography , immunology , pathology , lymphoblastic leukemia , sociology , computer science , programming language
Sixteen children diagnosed with acute leukemia between 1997 and 2002 lived in Churchill County, Nevada, at the time of or before their illness. Considering the county population and statewide cancer rate, fewer than two cases would be expected.
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