Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0166 |
| Title: | Ecological studies of relation between hospital policies on neonatal vitamin K administration and subsequent occurrence of childhood cancer |
| Author(s): | Passmore SJ, Draper G, et al. |
| Reference: | BMJ 1998; 316: 184-9 |
| Place of Study: | England, Scotland and Wales |
| Abstract: | The author compared incidence of cancer in groups of children classified by the vitamin K policy in operation at the hospital of birth. A raised risk was occasionally associated with vitamin K but the overall results were not statistically significant. |
| Keyword(s): | cancer in childhood, vitamin K |
| Discussion: | See entries 0158 to 0 . In particular see discussion for entry 0159. |
| See Also: | 0158, 0159, 0160 |
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