Birth characteristics, sibling patterns, and acute leukemia risk in childhood: a population-based cohort study.

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Published in J Natl Cancer Inst on July 02, 1997

Authors

T Westergaard1, P K Andersen, J B Pedersen, J H Olsen, M Frisch, H T Sørensen, J Wohlfahrt, M Melbye

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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