Spatial analysis of health effects of large industrial incinerators in England, 1998-2008: A study using matched case-control areas

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reeve, Nicola F ^a   Fanshawe, Thomas R ^a   Keegan, Thomas J ^a   Stewart, Alex G ^b   Diggle, Peter J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84873551003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001847     Document Type: Article

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