Traffic air pollution and lung cancer in females in taiwan: Petrol station density as an indicator of disease development

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 651-657

  Chang, Chih Ching ^a   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^b   Chiu, Hui Fen ^c   Wu, Trong Neng ^d,e   Yang, Chun Yuh ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 64049111228     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390902733515     Document Type: Article

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