Rising leukemia rates in Thailand: The possible role of benzene and related compounds in cigarette smoke

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1399-1403

  Mitacek, Eugene J ^a,b   Brunnemann, Klaus D ^c   Polednak, Anthony P ^d   Limsila, Thira ^e   Bhothisuwan, Kris ^e   Hummel, Charles F ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Department of Community Medicine and Health Care ^*  (United States)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

1,3 Butadiene; Acrolein; Benzene; Isoprene; Leukemia; Tobacco smoking; Toluene

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 1,3-BUTADIENE; ACROLEIN; BENZENE; COAL TAR; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; PENTANE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THAILAND;

ACROLEIN; BENZENE; BUTADIENES; COAL TAR; FEMALE; HEMITERPENES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PENTANES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THAILAND; TOLUENE;

EID: 0036834329     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.6.1399     Document Type: Article

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