Host, family and community proxies for infections potentially associated with leukaemia

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Law, Graham Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549118754     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn263     Document Type: Article

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