Leukemia-related mortality in towns lying in the vicinity of metal production and processing installations

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 746-753

  García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   López Cima, María Felicitas ^a,b,c   Boldo, Elena ^a,b   Fernández Navarro, Pablo ^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)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

EPER; Industrial pollution; Leukemia; Metal industries; Mortality; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; METALLURGY; METALS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EPER; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; LEUKEMIA; METAL INDUSTRIES; MORTALITY; RELATIVE RISKS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METALS INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CITY; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954535607     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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