Dioxins released from incineration plants and mortality from major diseases: An analysis of statistical data by municipalities

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-255

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Epidemiology; Incineration plant; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCINERATION; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIOXINS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INCINERATION; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 2342558071     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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