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Occupational Medicine 1987;37:42-43
© 1987 Society of Occupational Medicine

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Leukaemia in a Carpet Factory: an Epidemiological Investigation

R. A. CARTWRIGHT, J. G. MILLER and D. A. SCARISBRICK

Yorkshire Regional Cancer Organisation Leeds
Employment Medical Advisory Service Leeds

An epidemiological exercise to investigate a reported excess of leukaemia in a carpet factory is described. The excess is partly confirmed and the investigation indicates that this is most likely due to an excess occurring in the neighbourhood population from which the workforce originates

0Requests for reprints should be addressed to: R. A. Cartwright, Director, LRF Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, 17 Springfield Mount, Leeds LS2 9NG.


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