Risk of Respiratory Cancer around a Sewage Plant in Prato, Italy

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 548-553

  Chellini, Elisabetta ^a   Cherubini, Manila ^a   Chetoni, Lucia ^a   Costantini, Adele Seniori ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^b   Vannucchi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Local Heath Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geographical epidemiology; Lung cancer; Sewage pollution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036877670     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602087     Document Type: Article

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