Occupational factors in the epidemiology of leukemia in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1971, Pages 157-165

  Ishimaru, Toranosuke ^a   Okada, Hiromu ^a   Tomiyasu, Takanori ^b   Tsuchimoto, Taiso ^c   Hoshino, Takashi ^d   Ichimaru, Michito ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzene; Carcinoma; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Occupations; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIRTH ORDER; CARCINOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0015030259     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121242     Document Type: Article

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