Cancer incidence and soil arsenic exposure in a historical gold mining area in Victoria, Australia: A geospatial analysis

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-257

  Pearce, Dora Claire ^a,b   Dowling, Kim ^a   Sim, Malcolm Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

arsenic; cancer; exposure; geospatial; soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASM;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINING; NEOPLASMS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84860008829     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.15     Document Type: Article

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