The inter-regional epidemiological study of childhood cancer (Irescc)*: Case control study of children with bone and soft tissue sarcomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 838-842

  Hartley, A L ^a   Birch, J M ^a   McKinney, P A ^b   Teare, M D ^a   Blair, V ^a   Carrette, J ^b   Mann, J R ^c   Draper, G J ^d   Stiller, C A ^d   Johnston, H E ^e   Cartwright, R A ^b   H Waterhouse, J A ^e  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024272616     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.321     Document Type: Article

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