Lung cancer mortality in a district of La Spezia (Italy) exposed to air pollution from industrial plants

Tumori

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-185

  Parodi, Stefano ^a   Baldi, Roberta ^b   Benco, Claudia ^c   Franchini, Michela ^d   Garrone, Elsa ^e   Vercelli, Marina ^e,f   Pensa, Floriana ^b   Puntoni, Riccardo ^e   Fontana, Vincenzo ^e  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 5 (ASL 5)   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Ecological monitoring; Environmental pollution; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 2942616858     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160409000204     Document Type: Article

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