Cancer mortality and oil production in the Amazon Region of Ecuador, 1990-2005

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-395

  Kelsh, Michael A ^a,b   Morimoto, Libby ^a   Lau, Edmund ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Neoplasms; Petroleum; South America

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PETROLEUM;

EID: 59149096234     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0345-x     Document Type: Article

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