Residential traffic density and cancer incidence in Amsterdam, 1989-1997

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-339

  Visser, Otto ^a   Van Wijnen, Joop H ^b   Van Leeuwen, Flora E ^a,c  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Leukemia; Lung neoplasms; Motor vehicles; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SMOKING HABIT; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 3343008918     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000027480.32494.a3     Document Type: Article

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