Open AccessThe incidence of childhood leukemia in Armenia, 1991-2002
Author(s) -
Armen Nersesyan,
Smbat Daghbashyan,
Samvel Danielyan,
R. S. Arutyunyan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archive of oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1450-9520
pISSN - 0354-7310
DOI - 10.2298/aoo0304277n
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , leukemia , medicine , childhood leukemia , pediatrics , sex ratio , demography , lymphoblastic leukemia , environmental health , population , physics , sociology , optics
The incidence of leukemia in children aged from 0 to 14 years in Armenia was analyzed for the period from 1991 to 2002. During 12 years the incidence of leukemia was not changed substantially. The crude rate of the incidence of leukemia was comparable with data of many countries. But at the same time a comparatively high male/female incidence ratio was registered, which was also comparable with incidence ratio in some of both developed and developing countries. It may be supposed that the incidence of leukemia in children in Armenia is not connected with parental exposure to chemicals