Cancer mortality in towns in the vicinity of incinerators and installations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste

Environment International

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-44

  García Pérez, Javier ^a,b   Fernández Navarro, Pablo ^a,b   Castelló, Adela ^a   López Cima, María Felicitas ^a,b   Ramis, Rebeca ^a,b   Boldo, Elena ^a,b   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

BYM model; Cancer mortality; End of life vehicles; Incinerators; INLA; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INFERENCE ENGINES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; RECOVERY; REFUSE INCINERATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CREDIBLE INTERVAL; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; HAZARDOUS WASTES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INLA; LAPLACE APPROXIMATION; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; POLLUTION SOURCES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE RISKS; TOXIC EMISSIONS; VEHICLE HANDLING; WASTE TREATMENT PLANT;

DISEASES;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

POECILIA;

EID: 84868635209     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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