Air pollution and lung cancer in Trieste, Italy: Spatial analysis of risk as a function of distance from sources

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 750-754

  Biggeri, Annibale ^a   Barbone, Fabio ^b,c   Lagazio, Corrado ^a   Bovenzi, Massimo ^d   Stanta, Giorgio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e Cancer Registry Prov of Trieste   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Geographical analysis; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPYARD WORKER; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029819730     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104750     Document Type: Article

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