Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in Egyptian farm workers exposed to pesticides

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 960-966

  El Sadek, W Y M ^a   Hassan, M H A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGYPT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EGYPT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PLATELET COUNT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033186775     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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