Dioxin emissions from a solid waste incinerator and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 392-398

  Floret, Nathalie ^a   Mauny, Frédéric ^a   Challier, Bruno ^a   Arveux, Patrick ^b   Cahn, Jean Yves ^c   Viel, Jean François ^a  

^a Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Case control study; Dioxins; Geographic information system; Incineration; non Hodgkin lymphoma; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCINERATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141923258     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000072107.90304.01     Document Type: Article

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