Geographical differences in cancer incidence in the Amazon basin of Ecuador in relation to residence near oil fields

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1021-1027

  Hurtig, Anna Karin ^a   San Sebastián, Miguel ^a  

^a Instituto de Epidemiologia   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cancer; Crude oil; Ecuador

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OIL FIELD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MELANOMA; OIL INDUSTRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RIVER BASIN; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PETROLEUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0036817401     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.5.1021     Document Type: Article

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