Overview of recent studies on childhood leukaemia, intra-uterine growth and diet

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-258

  de Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58549095931     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn303     Document Type: Article

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