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1York District General Hospital, York Y031 8HE.
Background:
The aim of the study was to independently test the hypothesis that leukaemia incidence is higher in proximity to estuaries.
Methods:
Electoral wards were classified as to whether they included estuarine, coastal or only inland features. Rates of different adult and childhood leukaemias were computed for each ward category; that is, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) aged 0-79 and for all childhood leukaemias combined (aged 0-14).
Results:
Poisson regression analysis controlling for the effects of sex, age, and socioeconomic and urban-rural status, showed no statistically significant differences in incidence between wards with different levels of estuarine classification.
Conclusion:
The hypothesis created from an earlier dataset that a link exists between leukaemia and residence near estuaries is not upheld.
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