Journal article
Associations between infectious mononucleosis and cancer: record-linkage studies.
- Abstract:
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Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) followed by infectious mononucleosis (IM) is now considered to be a risk factor for Hodgkin's disease (HD). It is less clear whether EBV infection and IM are associated with an increased risk of cancer generally. We used a longstanding record-linkage dataset in Oxford (years 1963-1998), and a more recent record-linkage dataset covering England (1999-2005), to compare rate ratios for cancer between people admitted to hospital for IM and a reference cohor...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Epidemiology and infection
- Volume:
- 137
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 672-680
- Publication date:
- 2009-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-4409
- ISSN:
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0950-2688
- Source identifiers:
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162737
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:162737
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- pubs:162737
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2009
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