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Trafic routier, benzène et leucémie infantile : étude GEOCAP* Volume 15, issue 4, July-August 2016

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* This news is based on the following article: Houot J, Marquant F, Goujon S, et al. Residential proximity to heavy-traffic roads, benzene exposure, and childhood leukemia: The GEOCAP Study 2002-2007. Am J Epidemiol 2015; 182: 685-93. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwwww111

The influence of road traffic exposure on the risk of childhood acute myeloblastic leukemia was highlighted in this large-scale French study. The results concerning the Île-de-France region, for which benzene exposure data were available, suggest that this pollutant plays a particularly important role.