Haematological malignancies in childhood in Croatia: Investigating the theories of depleted uranium, chemical plant damage and 'population mixing'

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-60

  Labar, Boris ^a,f   Rudan, I ^a,b,c   Ivankovic, D ^a   Biloglav, Z ^a   Mrsic, M ^a   Strnad, M ^d   Fucic, A ^e   Znaor, A ^d   Bradic, T ^a   Campbell, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^f KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Chemical war damage; Childhood; Depleted uranium; Hematological malignancies; Hodgkin disease

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLLUTION; POPULATION; THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REGISTRIES; URANIUM;

EID: 10744220081     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000013400.65418.60     Document Type: Article

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