Does asbestos exposure cause non-hodgkin's lymphoma or related hematolymphoid cancers? a review of the epidemiologic literature

Clinical Lymphoma

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-40

  Weisenburger, Dennis D ^a   Chiu, Brian C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's disease; Immunology; Leukemia; Lymphatic cancer; Lymphoma; Plasma cell myeloma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; BLOOD DISEASE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METALLURGY; MINING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESOTHELIOMA; NONHUMAN;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; METALLURGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036342221     PISSN: 15269655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLM.2002.n.009     Document Type: Review

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