Brain cancer in a residential area bordering on an oil refinery

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-56

  Neuberger, John S ^a   Ward Smith, Peggy ^a   Morantz, Robert A ^a   Tian, Chunqiao ^a   Schmelzle, Kristin H ^a   Mayo, Matthew S ^a   Chin, Tom D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Epidemiology; Gliomas; Occupation; Petrochemicals; Petroleum refinery; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PETROLEUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037245258     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067106     Document Type: Article

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