Health effects of exposure to waste incinerator emissions: A review of epidemiological studies

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-115

  Franchini, Michela ^a   Rial, Michela ^a   Buiatti, Eva ^b   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale di Sanita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Health effects; Incinerators; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4944257748     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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