Cluster analysis of mortality and malformations in the Provinces of Naples and Caserta (Campania Region)

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-111

  Fazzo, Lucia ^a   Belli, Stefano ^a   Minichilli, Fabrizio ^b   Mitis, Francesco ^c   Santoro, Michele ^d   Martina, Lucia ^d   Pizzuti, Renato ^d   Comba, Pietro ^a   Martuzzi, Marco ^c   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica   (Italy)

^c WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^d Campania Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster; Malformations; Mortality; Toxic waste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46349096374     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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