Deaths from hematopoietic and other cancers in relation to permanent hair dye use in a large prospective study (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 617-625

  Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair dye; Multiple myeloma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

HAIR DYE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR DYES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032709878     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008926027805     Document Type: Article

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