Traffic air pollution and risk of death from gastric cancer in Taiwan: Petrol station density as an indicator of air pollutant exposure

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

Volumn 74, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1215-1224

  Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^b   Chen, Pei Shih ^a   Liao, Yen Hsiung ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^c   Wu, Trong Neng ^c,d   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITIES; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79961046699     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.590100     Document Type: Article

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