Case-control study of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among children aged 0-4 years living in west Berkshire and north Hampshire health districts.

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Published in BMJ on March 06, 1993

Authors

E Roman1, A Watson, V Beral, S Buckle, D Bull, K Baker, H Ryder, C Barton

Author Affiliations

1: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

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