Leukemia Study in Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdistan, Iraq
Leukemia Study in Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdistan, Iraq作者机构:Department of Molecular Biology Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research AI-Sulaymaniyah Iraq Department of Biology School of Science University of Sulaimani AI-Sulaymaniyah Iraq Department of Hematology Hiwa Hospital Ministry of Health AI-Sulaymaniyah Iraq
出 版 物:《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2016年第129卷第2期
页 面:244-245页
核心收录:
学科分类:090603[农学-临床兽医学] 030207[法学-国际关系] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学]
主 题:several Iraqi population-based depleted uranium
摘 要:To the Editor: The increased rate of leukemia in several Iraqi cities has been linked to exposure to depleted uranium, which was used during the consequent wars in lraq from 1990 to 2010.11-41 Here, we investigated leukemia occurrence in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate (SG), which has been exposed to wars and crises at the same level as the rest of Iraq.151 To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first population-based study on leukemia in SG.