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Review
. 2007 Mar;61(3):180-1.
doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.047969.

Aetiological clues from the descriptive epidemiology of childhood acute lymphatic leukaemia and other malignancies

Benedetto Terracini  1 , Milena Maria Maule
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Review

Aetiological clues from the descriptive epidemiology of childhood acute lymphatic leukaemia and other malignancies

Benedetto Terracini et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2007 Mar.
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Competing interests: None declared.

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