The Risk of Childhood Cancer after Neonatal Exposure to Vitamin K
Open Access
- 23 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (13) , 905-908
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199309233291301
Abstract
Two recent studies have found that infants who received intramuscular vitamin K were at twice the expected risk for cancer during childhood. Since nearly all newborns in the United States receive this drug, the public health implications of this association, if confirmed, would be substantial.Keywords
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