The causes of childhood leukaemia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7503, 2005, Pages 1279-1280

  Dickinson, Heather O ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; POPULATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 20444454957     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1279     Document Type: Editorial

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