The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study: Objectives, materials and methods

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1073-1102

  Doll, R ^a   Roman, E ^b   Day, N E ^c   Law, G ^b   Birch, J M ^d   Greaves, M F ^e   Taylor, G M ^f  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Margaret Smith Building   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Childhood cancer; Leukaemia classification; Magnetic fields; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034054133     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1045     Document Type: Article

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