High contact paternal occupations, infection and childhood leukaemia: Five studies of unusual population mixing of adults

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1539-1545

  Kinlen, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood leukaemia; Infection; Paternal occupation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030669954     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.592     Document Type: Article

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