Benzene exposure and multiple myeloma: A detailed meta-analysis of benzene cohort studies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 90-109

  Infante, Peter F ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Cancer risk; Follow up period; Leukemia; Myeloma; Occupational; Petrochemicals

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DETERIORATION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKER;

EID: 33845651315     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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