A study of leukaemia in Glasgow in connection with chromium-contaminated land

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-438

  Eizaguirre García, Domingo ^a   Rodríguez Andrés, Carlos ^a   Watt, Graham C ^b   Hole, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Woodside Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromium; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0343775618     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.4.435     Document Type: Article

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