Open AccessTrends in Childhood Leukemia in Basrah, Iraq, 1993–2007
Author(s) -
Amy Hagopian,
Riyadh Lafta,
Jenan Hassan,
Scott Davis,
Dana K. Mirick,
Tim K. Takaro
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.164236
Subject(s) - medicine , childhood leukemia , demography , leukemia , population , pediatrics , census , environmental health , lymphoblastic leukemia , immunology , sociology
Through a sister-university relationship between the University of Basrah and the University of Washington, we analyzed Ibn Ghazwan Hospital's leukemia registry data to evaluate trends in childhood leukemia since 1993.