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Leukemia in children and youths of the Azuay province, Ecuador: 2000–2010

Mariagrazia Zucca Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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Jorge Ugalde Instituto del Càncer de la Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Càncer (SOLCA), Cuenca, 101168, Ecuador
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Francisco Salgado Arteaga Universitad del Azuay, Cuenca, 101168, Ecuador
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Giuseppe Biggio Assessorato Enti Locali, Finanze ed Urbanistica della Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Cagliari, 09100, Italy
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Valeria Flore Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Occupational Health Section, Asse Didattico della Facoltà di Medicina, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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Tinucia Nonne Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Occupational Health Section, Asse Didattico della Facoltà di Medicina, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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Giannina Satta Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Occupational Health Section, Asse Didattico della Facoltà di Medicina, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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Marta Blangiardo MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Pierluigi Cocco Department of Public Health, University of Cagliari, Occupational Health Section, Asse Didattico della Facoltà di Medicina, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maria Grazia Ennas Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SS 554, km 4.500, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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Pages 58-65 | Received 01 Jan 2012, Accepted 24 Apr 2012, Published online: 09 Jul 2012

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