A cohort study of cancer among benzene-exposed workers in China: Overall results

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Yin, Song Nian ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^b   Linet, Martha S ^b   Li, Gui Lan ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Travis, Lois B ^b   Li, Chin Yang ^c   Zhang, Zhi Nan ^d   Li, De Gao ^d   Chow, Wong Ho ^b   Wacholder, Sholom ^b   Wang, Yao Zu ^e   Jiang, Zhong Lian ^h   Dai, Tan Rong ^f   Zhang, Wan You ^j   Chao, Xin Jie ^g   Ye, Pei Zheng ⁱ   Kou, Qing Rui ^h   Zhang, Xi Chun ^h   Lin, Xia Fang ^j   Meng, Juan Fei ^k   Ding, Cheng Yu ⁱ   Zho, Jie Sheng ^h   Blot, William J ^b   more..

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Stn Pub Hlth and Prev of Infect   (China)

^f Stations Pub Hlth Prev of Infect   (China)

^g NIH/NCI EPN 418 ^*  (China)

^h Inst of Labor Hlth and Occup Dis   (China)

ⁱ Inst of Labor Hlth and Occup Dis   (China)

^j Inst of Labor Hlth and Occup Dis   (China)

^k Inst of Labor Hlth and Occup Dis   (China)

more..

Author keywords

benzene; epidemiology; leukemia; lymphoma

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BENZENE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 6744231572     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199603)29:3<227::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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