Vitamin K prophylaxis and childhood cancer

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 434-437

  Ross, Julie A ^a,b,c   Davies, Stella M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Epidemiology; Oncogenesis; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CARCINOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN K;

EID: 0034039528     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200006)34:6<434::AID-MPO11>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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