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cancer in childhoodvitamin K

The risk of childhood cancer after neonatal exposure to vitamin K

Autor(en)

Klebanoff MA, Read JS

Veröffentlichungsdatum

1993

Ort der Sudie

USA

Abstract

Among 54,795 children born in 1959-68 and followed-up to their 8th birthday, 48 had cancer and 44 of these had received vitamin K by injection in all but 1 case. This study did not demonstrate any correlation between vitamin K injected at birth and childhood cancer.

Diskussion

See entries 0158 to 016 See in particular discussion for entry 0159