Risk factors for leukemia in Thailand

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1079-1088

  Kaufman, David W ^a   Anderson, Theresa E ^a   Issaragrisil, Surapol ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leukemia; Risk factors; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOLVENTS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349428549     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0731-9     Document Type: Article

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