Mortality in small geographical areas and proximity to air polluting industries in the Basque Country (Spain)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-147

  Cambra, K ^a   Martinez Rueda T ^b   Alonso Fustel, E ^b   Cirarda, F B ^b   Ibanez B ^c   Esnaola, S ^a   Calvo, M ^a   Aldasoro, E ^a   Montoya, I ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Basque Government   (Spain)

^c Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

^d Primary Care Research Unit of Bizkaia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPAIN; TRACHEA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751643373     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048215     Document Type: Article

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