| [hodgkin's disease: an epidemiological study on 140 children--urban/rural relation, profession of parents, domestic animal contact]. | in northern germany (schleswig-holstein, niedersachsen, hamburg and bremen) 140 children aged 2-14 years who had developed hodgkin's disease after world war ii were identified with the help of all 54 children's hospitals, the 101 local public health offices, and the hamburg cancer registry etc. only histologically confirmed cases were included. for boys, comparison by urban and rural residence showed a preponderance of cases in rural areas (places with less than 2000 inhabitants). this urban-rur ... | 1975 | 1237278 |