A review and meta-analysis of outdoor air pollution and risk of childhood leukemia

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-66

  Filippini, Tommaso ^a   Heck, Julia E ^b   Malagoli, Carlotta ^a   Giovane, Cinzia Del ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; childhood leukemia; epidemiology; meta analysis; nitrogen oxides; outdoor air pollution; traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; META ANALYSIS; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NEWCASTLE OTTAWA SCALE; NORTH AMERICAN; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; RAILWAY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID TUMOR; TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84929074036     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2015.1002999     Document Type: Review

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