Title |
Childhood acute leukemias are frequent in Mexico City: descriptive epidemiology
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Published in |
BMC Cancer, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-11-355 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
María Luisa Pérez-Saldivar, Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez, Roberto Bernáldez-Ríos, Armando Martínez-Avalos, Aurora Medina-Sanson, Laura Espinosa-Hernández, José de Diego Flores-Chapa, Raquel Amador-Sánchez, José Gabriel Peñaloza-González, Francisco Javier Álvarez-Rodríguez, Victoria Bolea-Murga, Janet Flores-Lujano, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Zepeda, Roberto Rivera-Luna, Elisa María Dorantes-Acosta, Elva Jiménez-Hernández, Martha Alvarado-Ibarra, Martha Margarita Velázquez-Aviña, José Refugio Torres-Nava, David Aldebarán Duarte-Rodríguez, Rogelio Paredes-Aguilera, María de los Ángeles del Campo-Martínez, Rocío Cárdenas-Cardos, Paola Hillary Alamilla-Galicia, Vilma Carolina Bekker-Méndez, Manuel Carlos Ortega-Alvarez, Juan Manuel Mejia-Arangure |
Abstract |
Worldwide, acute leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer. It is particularly common in the Hispanic populations residing in the United States, Costa Rica, and Mexico City. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of acute leukemia in children who were diagnosed and treated in public hospitals in Mexico City. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Mexico | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 108 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 17 | 16% |
Student > Master | 16 | 15% |
Researcher | 11 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 9% |
Professor | 5 | 5% |
Other | 14 | 13% |
Unknown | 36 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 30% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 16% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 3% |
Other | 7 | 6% |
Unknown | 39 | 36% |