Cluster of Hodgkin's lymphoma in residents near a non-operational petroleum refinery

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 683-692

  Dahlgren, J ^a   Klein, J ^b   Takhar, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b James Dahlgren Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; cluster; Hodgkin's disease; lymphoma; petroleum refinery; prevalence

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

BENZENE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MISSOURI; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 60149099021     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708100553     Document Type: Article

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