Hazard proximities of childhood cancers in Great Britain from 1953-80

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-159

  Knox, E G ^a   Gilman, E A ^b  

^a Mill Cottage ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; PAINT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NEWBORN; OIL INDUSTRY; RAILWAY; SMOKE; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030996874     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.2.151     Document Type: Article

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