Review of epidemiologic evidence on benzene and lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-295

  Savitz, David A ^a   Andrews, Kurtis W ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; leukemia; lymphoma

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SHOE INDUSTRY;

BENZENE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0031029391     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199703)31:3<287::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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