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QUESTIONABLE INCREASE OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN BASRAH, IRAQ

QUESTIONABLE INCREASE OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN BASRAH, IRAQ QUESTIONABLE INCREASE OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN BASRAH, IRAQ Eberhard Greiser, MD, PhD and Wolfgang Hoffmann, MD, MPH Eberhard Greiser is an epidemiologist consultant with Epi.Consult GmbH Musweiler, Germany, and with the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany. Wolfgang Hoffmann is with the Institute of Community Medicine, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany. Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Eberhard Greiser, MD, PhD, Epi.Consult GmbH, Ortsstr. 1 A, 54534 Musweiler, Germany (e-mail: Eberhard.greiser@arcor.de; Wolfgang.Hoffmann@uni-greifswald.de). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprint/Eprint link. Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings. The explosion of depleted uranium ammunition generates ultrafine uranium dust particles that may pose health hazards, especially an increased risk for cancer, for people living in combat zones. Hagopian et al. 1 claims a more than doubling of childhood leukemia incidence in Basrah governorate over a period of 15 years (1993–2007), based on data of a hospital-based tumor registry, speculating about possible effects of chemical warfare agents, benzene, and exposure to depleted uranium dust. In our opinion this claim is as yet unsubstantiated, because no reliable population figures are available for the whole period. Besides, a hospital-based tumor registry usually cannot . . . Full Text http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

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American Public Health Association
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Copyright © 2010 by the American Public Health Association
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0090-0036
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1541-0048
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10.2105/AJPH.2010.195321
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QUESTIONABLE INCREASE OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN BASRAH, IRAQ Eberhard Greiser, MD, PhD and Wolfgang Hoffmann, MD, MPH Eberhard Greiser is an epidemiologist consultant with Epi.Consult GmbH Musweiler, Germany, and with the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany. Wolfgang Hoffmann is with the Institute of Community Medicine, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany. Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Eberhard Greiser, MD, PhD, Epi.Consult GmbH, Ortsstr. 1 A, 54534 Musweiler, Germany (e-mail: Eberhard.greiser@arcor.de; Wolfgang.Hoffmann@uni-greifswald.de). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprint/Eprint link. Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings. The explosion of depleted uranium ammunition generates ultrafine uranium dust particles that may pose health hazards, especially an increased risk for cancer, for people living in combat zones. Hagopian et al. 1 claims a more than doubling of childhood leukemia incidence in Basrah governorate over a period of 15 years (1993–2007), based on data of a hospital-based tumor registry, speculating about possible effects of chemical warfare agents, benzene, and exposure to depleted uranium dust. In our opinion this claim is as yet unsubstantiated, because no reliable population figures are available for the whole period. Besides, a hospital-based tumor registry usually cannot . . . Full Text

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American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association

Published: Sep 1, 2010

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