Childhood leukemia - Risk factors and the need for an interdisciplinary research agenda

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-314

  Ziegelberger, Gunde ^a   Dehos, Anne ^a   Grosche, Bernd ^a   Hornhardt, Sabine ^a   Jung, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Wolfgang ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Childhood leukemia; Research recommendations; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858714972     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.09.010     Document Type: Review

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