The Leukemias Epidemiologic Aspects |
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| Author:
| Linet, Martha S. |
| Series title: | Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-503448-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1985 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the first comprehensive summary of the etiology of the various leukemias organized by cell type. Focusing on the four major subtypes--acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia, and chronic myelocytic leukaemia--the author presents both descriptive characteristics and a systematic examination of suspected aetiological agents, with hundreds of references to epidemiologic and clinical studies. Epidemiologists and oncologists...
More DescriptionThis is the first comprehensive summary of the etiology of the various leukemias organized by cell type. Focusing on the four major subtypes--acute lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukaemia, and chronic myelocytic leukaemia--the author presents both descriptive characteristics and a systematic examination of suspected aetiological agents, with hundreds of references to epidemiologic and clinical studies.
Epidemiologists and oncologists in particular will benefit from the discussion of genetic and familial facotrs, the critical review of reported leukaemia clusters, and the extensive presentation of the relationship between orther malignancies, their treatments, and subsequent development of leukaemia.