Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2010

Benzene and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A review and meta-analysis of the literature

,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2010

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