Paternal occupation and retinoblastoma: A case - control study based on data for Great Britain 1962-1999

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 644-649

  MacCarthy, A ^a   Bunch, K J ^a   Fear, N T ^b   King, J C ^a   Vincent, T J ^a   Murphy, M F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349378454     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037218     Document Type: Article

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