Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Interaction of sex with age at diagnosis and radiation therapy in the survival of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Jobayer Hossain*
  • Jobayer Hossain*
  • 1Nemours Biomedical Research, A I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. 2The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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Li Xie
  • Li Xie
  • Nemours Biomedical Research, A I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
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  •  Received: 11 February 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 August 2014
  •  Published: 01 September 2014

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