Population Mixing and Childhood Leukaemia: Fallon and Other US Clusters

Overview

Journal Br J Cancer

Specialty Oncology

Date 2004 Jul 1

PMID 15226760

Citations 19

Authors

L Kinlen

R DOLL

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