Epidemiology of Childhood Cancer

by Julian Little

Cancer is the second commonest cause of death, after accidents, among children in developed countries, while in developing countries, improvements in the control of communicable diseases and the occurrence of premature delivery may lead to the emergence of cancer in children as a greater public health problem than in the past. The rationale for considering childhood cancers separately from cancers in adults in that there are differences in the sites...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9283221494
• ISBN13: 9789283221494
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 11.5"