Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and risk of lymphatic and haematopoietic cancers: A meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 591-599

  Karami, Sara ^a   Bassig, Bryan ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,b   Lee, Kyoung Mu ^a,c   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Moore, Lee E ^a   Lan, Qing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

^c Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; META ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOGENS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 84880700724     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101212     Document Type: Review

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