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A nationwide population-based cross-sectional comparison of hematological malignancies incidences between Taiwan and the United States of America

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Authors’ contributions

Conception of the study was made by SJW. Provision of study data was done by CJC and MSL. Data analysis was conducted by SJW and CJC. Manuscript writing was done by all authors. Manuscript revising was done by all authors.

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The Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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This work was supported by the Health Promotion Administration (grant A1031019), Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.

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  1. Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan

    Shang-Ju Wu, Chien-Ting Lin & Hwei-Fang Tien

  2. Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Room 518, No. 17, Hsu-Chow Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan

    Chun-Ju Chiang & Mei-Shu Lai

  3. Taiwan Cancer Registry, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chun-Ju Chiang & Mei-Shu Lai

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Wu, SJ., Chiang, CJ., Lin, CT. et al. A nationwide population-based cross-sectional comparison of hematological malignancies incidences between Taiwan and the United States of America. Ann Hematol 95, 165–167 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2513-x

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