Use of GIS and exposure modeling as tools in a study of cancer incidence in a population exposed to airborne dioxin

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1032-1036

  Poulstrup, Arne ^a,b   Hansen, H L ^a  

^a Regional Public Health Office   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer; Dioxin; Environmental epidemiology; Exposure model; GIS; Health registers; Migration

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3142727263     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6739     Document Type: Short Survey

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