Residential proximity to industrial sites in the area of Taranto (Southern Italy). A case-control cancer incidence study

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Belli, Stefano ^b   Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Massari, Stefania ^a   Bruni, Antonella ^c   Conversano, Michele ^d   Crosignani, Paolo ^e   Minerba, Aldo ^c   Zona, Amerigo ^b   Comba, Pietro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria Locale   (Italy)

^d Azienda Sanitaria N 1 Triestina   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer; Case control study; Italy; Taranto

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BLOOD DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PLEURA TUMOR; RISK; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79959352289     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-11-02-11     Document Type: Article

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