Work-related leukemia: A systematic review

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Polychronakis, Ioannis ^a   Dounias, George ^b   Makropoulos, Vasilios ^b   Riza, Elena ^a   Linos, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exposure; Hazard; Leukemia; Occupation; Risk factor; Work related; Worker

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETONE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANE; LEAD; METRIBUZIN; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOLUENE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84878008186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6673-8-14     Document Type: Review

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