Cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great Britain

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 702-710

  Elliott, P ^a,b   Shaddick, G ^a   Kleinschmidt, I ^a   Jolley, D ^a   Walls, P ^a   Beresford, J ^a   Grundy, C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Incineration; Liver cancer; Small area study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030039380     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.122     Document Type: Article

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