Birth characteristics and the risk of childhood leukaemias and lymphomas in New Zealand: A case-control study

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wong, Donny I M ^a   Dockerty, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARENTAL AGE; PARITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33749592373     PISSN: 14712326     EISSN: 14712326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-6-5     Document Type: Article

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