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IJE Advance Access originally published online on March 2, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(2):384-385; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl034
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Numerous, heterogeneous, and often poor—the studies on childhood leukaemia and socioeconomic status

Claudia E Kuehni* and Marcel Zwahlen

Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland

* Corresponding author. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland. E-mail: kuehni@ispm.unibe.ch

Accepted 9 February 2006

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Inequalities in health between socioeconomic groups are a major public health concern. Numerous epidemiological studies have found higher rates of mortality and morbidity among infants, children, and adults of lower socioeconomic status (SES), defined at an individual or area-level.1–3 Together with allergic diseases, childhood leukaemia seemed to be one of the rare exceptions, being reportedly more common among children of high SES.4 Although the evidence is far from conclusive, such an association has led to speculation about a range of potential aetiological factors linked with affluence and modern lifestyle, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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