Lymphohematopoietic malignancies and oil exploitation in Koprivnica-Krizevci County, Croatia

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-267

  Gazdek, Davorka ^a   Strnad, Marija ^b   Mustajbegovic, Jadranka ^c   Nemet Lojan, Zlatka ^d  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d General Hospital Dr Tomislav Bardek   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Crude oil; Hematopoietic malignancies; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CROATIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34748867830     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.3.258     Document Type: Article

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