Incidence rates of leukemias, lymphomas and myelomas in Italy: Geographic distribution and NHL histotypes

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-159

  Masala, Giovanna ^a   Di Lollo, Simonetta ^b   Picoco, Cosimo ^c   Crosignani, Paolo ^d   Demicheli, Vittorio ^e   Fontana, Arabella ^f   Funtó, Ilaria ^g   Miligi, Lucia ^a   Nanni, Oriana ^h   Papucci, Alessandra ^b   Ramazzotti, Valerie ⁱ   Rodella, Stefania ^c   Stagnaro, Emanuele ^j   Tumino, Rosario ^k   Viganó, Clotilde ^d   Vindigni, Carla ^g   Seniori Costantini, Adele ^a   Vineis, Paolo ^l  

^a USL 10 Florence   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Servizio di Epidemiologia   (Italy)

^e Servizio di Igiene Pubblica   (Italy)

^f Servizio di Igiene Pubblica   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

ⁱ REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k Azienda Ospedaliera di Ragusa   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 10344252759     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961009)68:2<156::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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