Traffic patterns and childhood cancer incidence rates in California, United States

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 665-673

  Reynolds, Peggy ^a,b   Von Behren, Julie ^a   Gunier, Robert B ^a   Goldberg, Debbie E ^c   Hertz, Andrew ^d   Smith, Daniel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Environ Hlth Investigations Branch   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Child; Leukemia; Neoplasms; Traffic

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0036711642     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019579430978     Document Type: Article

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