Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and residential proximity to toxic industrial waste in southern Israel

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1709-1710

  Dreiher, Jacob ^a,e   Novack, Victor ^b   Barachana, Micha ^c   Yerushalmi, Ronit ^b   Lugassy, Gilles ^b,d   Shpilberg, Ofer ^b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d Institute of Hematology   (Israel)

^e Barzilay Medical Centre ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Non Hodgkins lymphoma; Organic solvents; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 29144490709     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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