title: Leukaemia Research Fund Data Collection Survey: descriptive epidemiology of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
abstract: This paper describes the recent epidemiology of chronic myeloid leukaemia occurring in selected parts of England and Wales. The overall rates for the pooled sexes is 1.0/10(5) per year and the geographical distributions described in this paper show remarkable homogeneity at county, district and electoral ward level. The implication of these observations is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ricketts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology