Traffic air pollution and risk of death from bladder cancer in taiwan using petrol station density as a pollutant indicator

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

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Ho, Chi Kung ^a   Peng, Chiung Yu ^a   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 71449119059     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903248869     Document Type: Article

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