Analysis of incidence of childhood cancer in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom in relation to proximity to main roads and petrol stations

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 774-780

  Harrison, Roy M ^a   Leung, Pei Ling ^b   Somervaille, Lillian ^b   Smith, Ralph ^b   Gilman, Estelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Leukaemia; Petrol station; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033232660     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.11.774     Document Type: Article

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