## BACKGROUND. Very little information is presently available regarding risk factors for essential thrombocythemia (ET). ## METHODS. A case-control study was performed to study the possible association between ET and selected behavioral, occupational, and environmental exposures. ## RESULTS.
Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for neuroblastoma. A case-control study
β Scribed by Joseph P. Neglia; W. Anthony Smithson; Paul Gunderson; Frederick L. King; Lawrence J. Singher; Leslie L. Robison
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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