Risk of soft tissue sarcomas and residence in the neighbourhood of an incinerator of industrial wastes

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 680-683

  Comba, P ^a   Ascoli, V ^b   Belli, S ^a   Benedetti, M ^a   Gatti, L ^c   Ricci, P ^c   Tieghi, A ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^d City of Mantua Mantua   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041328627     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.680     Document Type: Article

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