Environmental exposure to gasoline and leukemia in children and young adults - an ecology study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Nordlinder, Rolf ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Gasoline; Leukemia in children

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BENZENE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030863809     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050186     Document Type: Article

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