Offspring sex ratio and gonadal irradiation in the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1439-1441

  Reulen, R C ^a   Zeegers, M P ^a,b   Lancashire, E R ^a   Winter, D L ^a   Hawkins, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Epidemiology; Radiation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD DOSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34247601158     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603736     Document Type: Article

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