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Original Article

A Cohort Study with Regard to the Risk of Haematological Malignancies in Patients Treated with X-Rays for Benign Lesions in the Locomotor System: I. Epidemiological Analyses

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Pages 713-719 | Accepted 03 Jul 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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