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Seasonality in the diagnosis of acute lymphocytic leukaemia
P Badrinath1, N E Day, D Stockton
1Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Cambridge, UK.
British Journal of Cancer
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Literature on seasonality of leukaemia shows conflicting results. We analysed the month of diagnosis of acute leukaemia in East Anglia, UK, for the period 1971-94, which showed a significant 40% summer excess (P < 0.001) for acute lymphocytic leukaemia both in children (P < 0.01) and adults (P = 0.01). Methodology, results and possible aetiological interpretations are presented.