Benzene and the dose-related incidence of hematologic neoplasms in China

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1065-1071

  Hayes, Richard B ^a,d   Yin, Song Nian ^b   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Li, Gui Lan ^b   Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Travis, Lois B ^a   Li, Chin Yang ^c   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER;

EID: 0030791009     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.14.1065     Document Type: Article

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