Aplastic anemia in Brazil: Incidence and risk factors

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 268-274

  Maluf, Eliane M C P ^a   Pasquini, Ricardo ^a   Eluf, Jose N ^b   Kelly, Judith ^c   Kaufman, David W ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Brazil; Epidemiology; Etiology; Incidence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; SOLVENT; THINNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036893089     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10232     Document Type: Article

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