Exposure to benzene and childhood leukaemia: A pilot case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lagorio, Susanna ^a   Ferrante, Daniela ^b   Ranucci, Alessandra ^b   Negri, Sara ^c   Sacco, Paolo ^c   Rondelli, Roberto ^d   Cannizzaro, Santina ^e   Torregrossa, Maria Valeria ^f   Cocco, Pierluigi ^g   Forastiere, Francesco ^h   Miligi, Lucia ⁱ   Bisanti, Luigi ^j   Magnani, Corrado ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Ragusa Section   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^h DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^j Local Health Unit of Milan   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; COTININE; MUCONIC ACID; SULFOPHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 84875025101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002275     Document Type: Article

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