Ecological studies of cancer incidence in an area interested by dumping waste sites in Campania (Italy)

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Fazzo, Lucia ^a   De Santis, Marco ^a   Mitis, Francesco ^b   Benedetti, Marta ^a   Martuzzi, Marco ^b   Comba, Pietro ^a   Fusco, Mario ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Registro Tumori della Regione Campania c/o ASL Napoli 4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Liver neoplasms; Testicular neoplasms; Waste dumping sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959369939     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-11-02-10     Document Type: Article

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