Leukemia mortality: downturn rates in the United States.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 155 ·No. 3766 ·1967-03-03 ·Pages 1126-8

Fraumeni JF, Miller RW

Abstract

A decline, the first ever observed, has recently occurred in leukemia mortality rates for the white population of the United States between the ages of 1 and 74. Possible explanations include diminished exposure to medical x-rays following the release in the United States and Great Britain in 1956 of widely publicized reports on the biologic effects of ionizing radiation.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool England Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Leukemia/mortality Leukemia, Lymphoid/mortality Leukemia, Myeloid/mortality Male Middle Aged United States Wales Whites

Authors & Affiliations

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Fraumeni J F

Miller R W

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.155.3766.1126

Published

1967-03-03

Pages

1126-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3766.1126 View journal details

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