Acute childhood leukaemia and residence next to petrol stations and automotive repair garages: The ESCALE study (SFCE)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 598-606

  Brosselin, P ^a,b   Rudant, J ^a,b   Orsi, L ^a,b   Leverger, G ^c   Baruchel, A ^d   Bertrand, Y ^e   Nelken, B ^f   Robert, A ^g   Michel, G ^h   Margueritte, G ⁱ   Perel, Y ^j   Mechinaud, F ^k   Bordigoni, P ^l   Hemon D ^a,b   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b,m  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

^h TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^j HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^k Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^l HÔPITAL D ENFANTS   (France)

^m French National Registry of Childhood Blood Malignancies RNHE   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BUILDING; CANCER REGISTRY; CAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 69949093494     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042432     Document Type: Article

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