Boulton, A, Boyd, P, Cheng, KK et al. (346 more authors) (2000) The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study: objectives, materials and methods. British Journal of Cancer, 82 (5). pp. 1073-1102. ISSN 1532-1827
Abstract
An investigation into the possible causes of childhood cancer has been carried out throughout England, Scotland and Wales over the period 1991–1998. All children known to be suffering from one or other type of the disease over periods of 4–5 years have been included, and control children matched for sex, age and area of residence have been selected at random from population registers. Information about both groups of children (with and without cancer) has been obtained from parental questionnaires, general practitioners’ and hospital records, and from measurement of the extent of exposure to radon gas, terrestrial gamma radiation, and electric and magnetic fields. Samples of blood have also been obtained from the affected children and their parents and stored. Altogether 3838 children with cancer, including 1736 with leukaemia, and 7629 unaffected children have been studied. Detailed accounts are given of the nature of the information obtained in sections describing the general methodology of the study, the measurement of exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, the classification of solid tumours and leukaemias, and the biological material available for genetic analysis.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2000 Cancer Research Campaign. From twelve months after its original publication, this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
Keywords: | childhood cancer; aetiology; radon; magnetic fields; leukaemia classification |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT) > Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology (LICAP) > Clinical Cancer Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2016 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2019 12:53 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.1999.1045 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cancer Research UK |
Identification Number: | 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1045 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85719 |