A review and meta-analysis of formaldehyde exposure and leukemia

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-91

  Collins, James J ^a   Lineker, George A ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Peccavis Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Formaldehyde; Leukemia; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKEMIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 4644232788     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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