Biomarkers of leukemia risk: benzene as a model.

doi:10.1289/ehp.98106s4937

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Biomarkers of leukemia risk: benzene as a model.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 Aug 1998

Smith M T, Zhang L

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Although relatively rare, leukemias place a considerable financial burden on society and cause psychologic trauma to many families. Leukemia is the most common cancer in children. The causes of leukemia in adults and children are largely unknown, but occupational and environmental factors are str...

Topics

Adult
Benzene
Biomarkers
Child
Chromosome Aberrations
Environmental Exposure
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Leukemia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors

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