Acute myeloid leukaemia and exposure to organic solvents - A case- control study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-301

  Lazarov, Dusica ^a   Waldron, Harry Arthur ^b   Pejin, Dusan ^c  

^a W London Occup Health Service   (Serbia)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Institute for Internal Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Benzene; Case control study; Organic solvent exposure

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0034074168     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007618216958     Document Type: Article

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