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- Title
Infants who mix with others less likely to develop leukaemia.
- Abstract
Focuses on the research conducted by the UK Institute of Cancer Research that infants who mingles other infants have less risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in Great Britain. Comparison of the social activity of children with and without ALL during their first year; Claim of the author that day care and social activity during the first year of life as proxies for potential exposure to infection in infancy; Association of the consistent reduction of ALL risk with the increasing levels of social activity.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; HEALTH risk assessment; LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia in children; INFECTION in children; SOCIAL conditions of children; SOCIALIZATION
- Publication
Nursing Standard, 2005, Vol 19, Issue 50, p18
- ISSN
0029-6570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/ns.19.50.18.s15