Reevaluation of mortality risks from leukemia in the formaldehyde cohort study of the National Cancer Institute

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Marsh, Gary M ^a   Youk, Ada O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort mortality study; Formaldehyde; Leukemia; Myeloid leukemia

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORMALDEHYDE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644334034     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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