Incidence and time trends for lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas: Hypothesis generation

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Crosignani, Paolo ^a   Demicheli, Vittorio ^a   Fontana, Arabella ^a   Funtò, Ilaria ^a   Masala, Giovanna ^a   Miligi, Lucia ^a   Nanni, Oriana ^a   Pisani, Paola ^a   Ramazzotti, Valerio ^a   Rodella, Stefania ^a   Seniori Costantini, Adele ^a   Stagnaro, Emanuele ^a   Tosi, Piero ^a   Tumino, Rosario ^a   Viganò, Clotilde ^a   Vineis, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiologic hypotheses; Leukemias; Lymphomas; Myelomas

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; HERBICIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHENOXYACETIC ACID;

CANCER MORTALITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUNLIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

EID: 0342960378     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(95)00153-0     Document Type: Review

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