Leukemia risk associated with low-level benzene exposure

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-577

  Glass, Deborah C ^a   Gray, Christopher N ^b   Jolley, Damien J ^b   Gibbons, Carl ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^c   Adams, Geoffrey G ^d   Bisby, John A ^d   Manuell, Richard ^d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Multiple myeloma; Occupational exposure; Petroleum industry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE; PETROLEUM;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION;

ADULT; AGED; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 0642304617     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000082001.05563.e0     Document Type: Article

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