The Inter-Regional Epidemiological Study of Childhood Cancer (IRESCC): case control study of children with bone and soft tissue sarcomas.

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Published in Br J Cancer on December 01, 1988

Authors

A L Hartley1, J M Birch, P A McKinney, M D Teare, V Blair, J Carrette, J R Mann, G J Draper, C A Stiller, H E Johnston

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology & Social Oncology, Christie Hospital & Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, UK.

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