Childhood aplastic anaemia in Lucknow, India: Incidence, organochlorines in the blood and review of case reports following exposure to pesticides

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 762-766

  Ahamed, M ^a   Anand, M ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Siddiqui, M K J ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; Blood counts and smears; Bone marrow aspirates; Gas liquid chromatograph; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAZIL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LINDANE; MALE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33745864837     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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