Epidemiology of leukaemia.
The history of the epidemiology of leukaemia provides us with models which are very useful even today and their implications for the future are still more important. Thus, in the present study, we shall review the history and present state of the epidemiology of leukaemia, as well as its future prospects. In the fifth century B.C. Hippocrates already advocated studying the climatic, geographical and physical environment as well as the behaviour of individuals and of their eating and drinking habits in order to understand the origin of a disease. At present, the epidemiology of leukaemia is still based on these ancient precepts.
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Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history