A highly unusual cluster of acute promyelocytic leukaemia: An environmental aetiology?

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-73

  Murrin, Richard J A ^a,b   Harrison, P ^a   Neilson, J R ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SANDWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; Aetiology; Cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14344249992     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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