A hospital-based case-control study of acute myeloid leukemia in Shanghai: Analysis of personal characteristics, lifestyle and environmental risk factors by subtypes of the WHO classification

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-352

  Wong, Otto ^a,b,c   Harris, Fran ^a,d   Yiying, Wang ^c   Hua, Fu ^c  

^a Applied Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; AML; AML subtypes; Case control study; China; Environment; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Shanghai; World Health Organization classification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350404909     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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