An investigation of the relationship between air emissions of volatile organic compounds and the incidence of cancer in Indiana counties

Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-254

  Boeglin, Michael L ^a   Wessels, Denise ^a   Henshel, Diane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air emissions; Cancer incidence; Indiana; VOC; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544441612     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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