Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada

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Authors

Carol Rubin · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Adrianne Holmes · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Martin Belson · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robert L. Jones · Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

W. Dana Flanders · Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

Stephanie Kieszak · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Although the cases in this cancer cluster may in fact have a common etiology, their small number and the length of time between diagnosis and our exposure assessment lessen the ability to find an association between leukemia and environmental exposures. Given the limitations of individual cancer cluster investigations, it may prove more efficient to pool laboratory and questionnaire data from similar leukemia clusters.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Air Quality and Health Impacts Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 115, Issue 1, pp. 151-157

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9022

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