Lymphohaematopoeitic cancer mortality among workers with benzene exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 676-679

  Collins, J J ^a   Ireland, B ^b   Buckley, C F ^c   Shepperly, D ^a  

^a Solutia   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER;

BENZENE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0042330113     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.676     Document Type: Article

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