Risk of myeloproliferative disease and chronic myeloid leukaemia following exposure to low-level benzene in a nested case-control study of petroleum workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 266-274

  Glass, Deborah C ^a   Schnatter, A Robert ^b   Tang, Gong ^c   Irons, Richard D ^d   Rushton, Lesley ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATHOLOGIST; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC-MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 84896746566     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101664     Document Type: Article

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