Childhood cancer and parental use of tobacco: Deaths from 1971 to 1976

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1525-1531

  Sorahan, T ^a   Prior, P ^b   Lancashire, R J ^a   Faux, S P ^c   Hulten M A ^d   Peck, I M ^a   Stewart, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Childhood cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030825929     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.589     Document Type: Article

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