Vitamin K and childhood cancer: A population based case-control study in Lower Saxony, Germany

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7051, 1996, Pages 199-203

  Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a,c   Göbel, Ulrich ^a   Hachmeister, Alexandra ^a   Kaletsch, Uwe ^b   Michaelis, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029938139     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7051.199     Document Type: Article

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