Leukemia Risk and Relevant Benzene Exposure Period - Re: Follow-up Time on Risk Estimates, Am J Ind Med 42:481-489, 2002 [1]

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-223

  Glass, Deborah C ^a,b   Sim, Malcolm R ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^c   Gray, Christopher N ^d   Jolley, Damien J ^d   Gibbons, Carl ^d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; RUBBER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842266676     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10327     Document Type: Letter

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