Exposure to benzene at work and the risk of leukemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Khalade, Abdul ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b   Pukkala, Eero ^c,d   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

BENZENE; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; DATABASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DOSE RESPONSE; EFFECT SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LEUKEMIA; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BENZENE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953943742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-31     Document Type: Article

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