Incidence of lymphohaematopoietic cancer at a university laboratory: A cluster investigation

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Kristensen, Petter ^a,b   Hilt, Bjørn ^c,d   Svendsen, Kristin ^c,e   Grimsrud, Tom K ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benzene; Cluster; Fixating agents; Laboratory; Leukaemia; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; BENZENE; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38349179898     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9203-5     Document Type: Article

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