Investigation of an association between childhood leukemia incidences and airports in Texas

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-195

  Senkayi, Sala N ^a   Sattler, Melanie L ^b   Rowe, Nancy ^c   Chen, Victoria C P ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airports; Benzene; Childhood leukemia; Emissions; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897103011     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.023     Document Type: Article

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