The relationship between owning a cat and the risk of developing a brain cancer in a prospective study of UK women: Comment on Thomas et al.

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1040-1041

  Benson, V S ^a   Green, J ^a   Beral, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869756011     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0511     Document Type: Note

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