Leukemia among male construction workers in California, 1988-2007

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2228-2236

  Luckhaupt, Sara E ^a   Deapen, Dennis ^b   Cress, Rosemary ^c,d   Schumacher, Pam ^a   Shen, Rui ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; construction; fl oors and fl oor coverings; leukemia; occupational; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867177473     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.690873     Document Type: Article

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