Childhood leukemia in a residential small town near barcelona

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-325

  González, Carlos A ^a   Pera, Guillem ^a   Borrás, Josep M ^b   Luna, Pablo ^c   Baixeras, Cármen ^d   Mariano, Eduard ^e  

^a Inst of Epidemiol and Clin Res   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Natl Inst Occup Safety and Hlth   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; SPAIN; STATISTICS; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; SPAIN; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0031181125     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602206     Document Type: Article

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