Residential exposure to petrochemicals and the risk of leukemia: Using geographic information system tools to estimate individual-level residential exposure

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-207

  Yu, Chu Ling ^a   Wang, Su Fen ^b   Pan, Pi Chen ^c   Wu, Ming Tsang ^c   Ho, Chi Kung ^c   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Pothier, Lucille ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Environmental pollution; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; GIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND DIRECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; WIND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; PETROLEUM; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK; TAIWAN; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 33747878135     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj182     Document Type: Article

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