Occupational exposure to solvents and risk of lymphoma subtypes: Results from the Epilymph case-control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Cocco, P ^a   T'Mannetje, A ^b   Fadda, D ^a   Melis, M ^a   Becker, N ^c   De Sanjose S ^d,e   Foretova, L ^f   Mareckova, J ^g   Staines, A ^h   Kleefeld, S ⁱ   Maynadie M ^j   Nieters, A ^c   Brennan, P ^k   Boffetta, P ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics ^*  (Czech Republic)

^g Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^h DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^j DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^l MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77953779196     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.046839     Document Type: Article

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