An expanded cohort study of cancer among benzene-exposed workers in China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1996, Pages 1339-1341

  Yin, Song Nian ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^b   Linet, Martha S ^b   Li, Gui Lan ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Travis, Lois B ^b   Zhang, Zhi Nan ^a   Li, De Gao ^c   Chow, Wong Ho ^b   Wacholder, Sholom ^b   Blot, William J ^b   Wang, Y Z ^c   Jiang, Z L ^c   Dai, T R ^c   Zhang, W Y ^c   Chao, X Y ^c   Ye, P Z ^c   Kou, Q R ^c   Chang, X C ^c   Lin, X F ^c   Meng, J F ^c   Ding, C Y ^c   Zho, J S ^c   more..

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Chinese Acad of Preventive Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Benzene; Leukemia; Lung cancer; Malignant lymphoma

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12644312173     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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