Development of a GIS-based indicator for environmental pesticide exposure and its application to a Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-185

  Cornelis, Christa ^a   Schoeters, Greet ^a   Kellen, Eliane ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^b   Zeegers, Maurice ^c  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Environmental epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Geographic information systems; Indicator; Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58849095363     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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