Review of epidemiological studies of cancer risk among Gulf war and Balkans veterans;Rassegna degli studi epidemiologici sul rischio di tumori tra i militari della guerra del Golfo e delle missioni nei Balcani

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-155

  Lagorio, Susanna ^a   Grande, Enrico ^a   Martina, Lucia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort studies; Depleted uranium; Hospitalization; Military mortality

Indexed keywords

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; GULF WAR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 58149387719     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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