Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and the risk of adult leukemia in Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-126

  Kasim, Khaled ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^a,b   Johnson, Kenneth C ^c   Abdous, Belkacem ^a   Auger, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Chlorine; Environmental exposure; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLORINE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CANCER;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORINE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 30344451407     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj020     Document Type: Article

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