Risk of dying of cancer in the vicinity of multiple pollutant sources associated with the metal industry

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-127

  García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   López Cima, María Felicitas ^a,b,c   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   Fernández Navarro, Pablo ^a,b   Ramis, Rebeca ^a,b   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Digestive tumors; Industrial pollution; Liver cancer; Metallurgical installations; Multiple sources

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; METALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BARCELONA; BASQUE COUNTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMORS; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CANCERS; MALIGNANT TUMORS; METAL INDUSTRIES; METAL PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; MULTIPLE SOURCE; ORAL CAVITY; P-VALUES; PANCREATIC CANCERS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; POLLUTION SOURCES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK TRENDS; VALENCIA;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;

CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; METALLURGY; METALS INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STOMACH CANCER;

SPAIN;

EID: 84856211465     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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