Variation in cancer incidence in northeastern Belgium and southeastern Netherlands seems unrelated to cadmium emission of zinc smelters

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-555

  Verhoeven, Rob H A ^a   Louwman, Marieke W J ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^b,e,f   Botterweck, Anita M ^c   Lousbergh, Daniel ^e,f   Faes, Christel ^g   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,d  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Limburg Cancer Registry (LIKAR)   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cadmium; incidence; neoplasms; spatial analysis; zinc smelter

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMELTER; TESTIS CANCER;

BELGIUM; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; ZINC;

EID: 80053655096     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283498e9c     Document Type: Article

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