Parental smoking and risk of childhood cancer: A review of the evidence

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-86

  Thornton, Alison J ^a   Lee, Peter N ^a,b  

^a PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Confounding variables; Misclassification; Parental smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002725541     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024566     Document Type: Article

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