QUESTIONABLE INCREASE OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN BASRAH, IRAQ/HAGOPIAN ETAL. RESPOND

In our opinion this claim is as yet unsubstantiated, because no reliable population figures are available for the whole period. [...] a hospital-based tumor registry usually cannot provide complete population coverage and lacks at least one indispensable data source of population-based cancer regist...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 100; no. 9; p. 1556
Main Authors Greiser, Eberhard, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hagopian, Amy, Lafta, Riyadh, Hassan, Jenan, Davis, Scott, Mirick, Dana, Takaro, Tim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Public Health Association 01.09.2010
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Cancer
Cancer research
Colleges & universities
Consultants
Correspondence
Editors
Health sciences
Iraq War-2003
Leukemia
Medical research
Population
Public health
Trends
Uranium
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Summary:In our opinion this claim is as yet unsubstantiated, because no reliable population figures are available for the whole period. [...] a hospital-based tumor registry usually cannot provide complete population coverage and lacks at least one indispensable data source of population-based cancer registries: death certificates.
ISSN:0090-0036