Road traffic and childhood leukemia: The ESCALE study (SFCE)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-572

  Amigou, Alicia ^a,b   Sermage Faure, Claire ^a,b   Orsi, Laurent ^a,b   Leverger, Guy ^c   Baruchel, André ^d   Bertrand, Yves ^e   Nelken, Brigitte ^f   Robert, Alain ^g   Michel, Gérard ^h   Margueritte, Geneviève ⁱ   Perel, Yves ^j   Mechinaud, Françoise ^k   Bordigoni, Pierre ^l   Hémon, Denis ^a,b   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b,m  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (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

Acute leukemia; Benzene; Children; Environment; Epidemiology; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79955563850     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002429     Document Type: Article

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