1. Parkin DM, Kramarova E, Draper GJ, et al.: International Incidence of Childhood Cancer, vol 2, Lyon, France: IARC Scientific Publication No. 144; 1998. This resource provides age-, sex-, (and race-in some instances), and diagnosis-specific incidence rates for over 50 countries (and within countries) using cancer registries primarily from 1980 through 1990.
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4. Ross JA, Davies SM, Potter JD, Robison LL: Epidemiology of childhood leukemia with a focus on infants. Epidemiol Rev 1994, 16:243–272.
5. Smith M: Considerations on a possible viral etiology for B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia of childhood. J Immunother 1997, 20:89–100.