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Advances of correlation between air pollution and childhood acute leukemia

HAN Kai-yi1, JI Xiao-fan1, HU Shi-yao1, FENG Jing-yi1, MAO Shu-qian1, GAO Yu2   

  1. 1.Grade 2010 of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China; 2.Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Online:2015-03-28 Published:2015-03-26
  • Supported by:

    Shanghai Jiao Tong university “national college students innovative experiment” project,2012071

Abstract:

For the causes of childhood acute leukemia (AL), recent studies have shown that childhood AL is resulted from the interaction of various internal and external factors and the correlation between the environmental pollution and childhood AL attracts more and more attention. This paper reviews research progresses of the correlation between the air pollution and incidence of childhood AL, including major sources of air pollutants and air pollutants relevant to the incidence of childhood AL.

Key words: acute leukemia, children, air pollution, volatile organic compounds