Breastfeeding is not associated with risk of developing childhood leukemia in the sultanate of Oman

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2087-2091

  Waly, Mostafa I ^a   Ali, Amanat ^a   Al Saadoon, Muna ^b   Al Mukhaini, Yahya K ^a   Wali, Yasser A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Childhood leukemia; Negative risk factors; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858128665     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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