Cancer incidence and adverse pregnancy outcome in registered nurses potentially exposed to antineoplastic drugs

BMC Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ratner, Pamela A ^a   Spinelli, John J ^b   Beking, Kris ^a   Lorenzi, Maria ^b   Chow, Yat ^a   Teschke, Kay ^a   Le, Nhu D ^b   Gallagher, Richard P ^b   Dimich Ward, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

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EID: 77956572317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-9-15     Document Type: Article

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