Associations between congenital malformations and childhood cancer. A register-based case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1244-1249

  Altmann, A E ^a,c   Halliday, J L ^a   Giles, G G ^b  

^a Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Consultative Cncl Obstetric P ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Childhood cancer; Congenital malformations; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031755393     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.662     Document Type: Article

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