Lung cancer mortality in towns near paper, pulp and board industries in Spain: A point source pollution study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Monge Corella, Susana ^a,b   García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOARD INDUSTRY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; PAPER INDUSTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PULP INDUSTRY; SPAIN; AIR POLLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; PAPER; RISK; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PAPER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SPAIN;

EID: 50849092496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-288     Document Type: Article

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