An Investigation into Childhood Leukaemia in Northampton

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1 LJ Kinlen (1955), Epidemiological evidence for an infective basis in childhood leukaemia, British Journal of Cancer 71: 1-5
2 RA Cartwright (1995), The continuing controversy on the causes of childhood leukaemia. Scientific Report from the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology
3 CA Stiller, GA Draper (1989), Treatment centre size, entry to trials, and survival in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 64:657-661
4 CA Stiller (1994), Population based survival rates for childhood cancer in Britain, 1988-1991 BMJ, 309: 1612-1616
5 CA Stiller (1995), Personal Communication
6 CA Stiller, MB Allen, EM Eatock (1995), Childhood Cancer in Britain: The National Registry of Childhood Tumours and Incidence Rates 1978-87 European Journal of Cancer In Press
7 One of the parents of a child with leukaemia in Pembroke Road, quoted in the Chronicle and Echo 3rd August 1995.
8 One of the parents of a child with leukaemia quoted in the Chronicle and Echo 3rd August 1995.
9 Dr J Meara, quoted in the Chronicle and Echo 14th November 1995
10 D Taylor D Wilkie (1988), Drawing the line with leukaemia New Scientist 21 July 1988:53-56
11 D Taylor D Wilkie (1988), ibid p55
12 Monica Roche (1995) Oxford Cancer Intelligence Unit, Personal Communication
13 S Grufferman (1982) in: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Eds. D Schottenfield, J F Fraumeni, Philadelphia: W B Saunders Company, 1982 p.744
14 Chronicle and Echo (1995) 10th October 1995
15 Chronicle and Echo (1995) 10th October 1995
16 J Henderson (1987), Living with Risk - the British Medical Association Guide, John Wiley & Sons
17 HMSO (1991), The geographic epidemiology of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Great Britain; 1966-83, ed. Dr G Draper, SMPS No 53
18 AG Glass, JA Hill, RW Miller (1968), Significance of leukaemia clusters Journal of Pediatrics, 73:101-107
19 David Moir (1995), Director of Environment Services, Northampton Borough Council, Personal Communication
20 Cancer Research Campaign, (1995) Leukaemia UK - Factsheet 23.2
21 V Beral (1990) Childhood leukemia near nuclear plants in the United Kingdom: the evolution of a systematic approach to studying rare disease in small geographic areas American Journal of Epidemiology 132, Suppl., No1 563-568.
22 RA Cartwright (1993) Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Leukaemia Research Fund, in a letter to a resident of the Spencer Estate 20th July 1993
23 CW Heath (1992) in Proceedings of Symposium on Leukemia Clustering held in Ottowa, Canada 11th March 1992
24 JR McLaughlin (1992) in Proceedings of Symposium on Leukemia Clustering held in Ottowa, Canada 11th March 1992
25 Editorial in the Chronicle and Echo (1995) 24th August 1995
26 One of the parents of a child with leukaemia quoted in the Chronicle and Echo 3rd August 1995.
27 RA Cartwright (1995), The continuing controversy on the causes of childhood leukaemia. Scientific Report from the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology
28 RR Neura (1990) Counterpoint from a cluster buster, American Journal of Epidemiology July 1990, 132:4-8. 
29 Construction Design Group (1995) Preliminary Contaminated Land Study for Gladstone Road Area, Northampton Borough Council
30 Basic Concepts of Ionising Radiation (1995), from the Radiation Emergency Awareness Courses, NRPB
31 FE Alexander TJ Ricketts, PA McKinney, RA Cartwright (1990) Community lifestyles characteristics and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children, Lancet 336:1451-1465
32 CR Muirhead, BK Butland, BMR Green DG Draper (1991) Childhood leukaemia and background radiation, Lancet 337:503-504
33 Information supplied by the National Radiation Protection Board to Northampton Borough Council
34 EC Bratt (1995) Head of Irradiated Fuel Transport Group, Personal Communication, 3rd October 1995
35 Transporting irradiated nuclear fuel - the facts, published by Nuclear Electric Plc
36 R Geider (1995) Doses from fuel flasks on trains Radiological Protection Bulletin No 168: 19-22
37 Department of the Environment (1995) Railway Land - An Industry Profile, the Contaminated Land and Liabilities Division
38 Department of the Environment (1995) ibid. p.11
39 EG Knox (1994) Leukaemia clusters in childhood: geographical analysis in Britain, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 48:369-376
40 JF Bithell GJ Draper (1995) Apparent association between benzene and childhood leukaemia: methodological doubts concerning a report by Knox, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 48: 369-376
41 G Knox (1995) Response by Professor G Knox Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 48: 439
42 JF Bithell, GJ Draper (1995) ibid p.348
43 T Tynes, H Jynge, AL Vismes (1994), Leukaemia and brain tumours in Norwegian railway workers, a nested case-control study, American Journal of Epidemiology 1397(7): 645-53
44 GJ Draper, ME Kroll, CA Stiller (1994) ibid p.498
45 GJ Draper, ME Kroll, CA Stiller (1994) Childhood Cancer, Cancer Surveys 19/20:493-517
46 GJ Draper, ME Kroll, CA Stiller (1994) ibid p.512
47 N Wertheimer, E Leeper (1979), Electrical wiring configurations and childhood cancer, American Journal of Epidemiology 109: 273-284
48 National Radiation Protection Board (1992) Documents of the NRPB Vol.3 No1
49 National Radiation Protection Board (1992) Documents of the NRPB Vol.5
50 G Draper (1993) Electromagnetic fields and childhood cancer - No causal relation has been established British Medical Journal 307:884-885
51 CA Stiller (1995), Aetiology and epidemiology, in a book on Childhood Cancer currently in press.
52 RA Cartwright (1995), The continuing controversy on the causes of childhood leukaemia. Scientific Report from the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology
53 LL Robinson et al (1993), Investigation of risk factors for childhood acute lymphoid leukaemia within biologically-defined subgrouops: The Childrens Cancer Group protocol E15, Medizinische Forschung 6:243-248
54 MRC (1994) Register of U.K. research on the biological effects of ionising radiation, Ed. A Wilson, Medical Research Council Radiobiology Unit
 
 
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