Occupation and risk of lymphoid and myeloid leukaemia in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 464-470

  Hosnijeh, Fatemeh Saberi ^a,b   Christopher, Yvette ^a   Peeters, Petra ^c   Romieu, Isabelle ^d   Xun, Wei ^e   Riboli, Elio ^e   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^f   Tjønneland, Anne ^f   Becker, Nikolaus ^g   Nieters, Alexandra ^h   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^i,j   Bamia, Christina ⁱ   Orfanos, Philip ^j   Oddone, Enrico ^k   Luján Barroso, Leila ^l   Dorronsoro, Miren ^m   Navarro, Carmen ^n,o   Barricarte, Aurelio ^o,p   Molina Montes, Esther ^o,q   Wareham, Nick ^r   Vineis, Paolo ^e   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,c   more..

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^g Division of Cancer Epidemiology   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^j HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^k NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^l CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^m BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

ⁿ Murcia Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^o CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^p INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^q ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^r MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879685751     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101135     Document Type: Article

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