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Published online 9 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031208-3
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Trees link leukaemia clusters
Ring study hints that childhood cancer could be connected to tungsten.
Three different clusters of childhood leukaemia in the western United States may be linked to high levels of tungsten in the environment, a new study hints.
In the past five years, 17 children have developed leukaemia in the small mountain town of Fallon, Nevada, home to just 2,383 kids under 18.
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