Analysis of matched geographical areas to study potential links between environmental exposure to oil refineries and non-Hodgkin lymphoma mortality in Spain

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ramis, Rebeca ^a,b,c   Diggle, Peter ^c   Boldo, Elena ^a,b   Garcia Perez, Javier ^a,b   Fernandez Navarro, Pablo ^a,b   Lopez Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Matched analysis; Mortality; Non hodgkin lymphoma; Pollution; Refinery

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MORTALITY; POISSON RATIO; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL SPILL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84856565857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-4     Document Type: Article

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