Leukemia after exposure to benzene: Temporal trends and implications for standards

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzene; Carcinogenesis; Leukemia; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADULT; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034082159     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200007)38:1<1::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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