Heterogeneity in coal composition and implications for lung cancer risk in Xuanwei and Fuyuan counties, China

Environment International

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-104

  Downward, George S ^a   Hu, Wei ^b   Large, David ^c   Veld, Harry ^d   Xu, Jun ^e   Reiss, Boris ^a   Wu, Guoping ^f   Wei, Fusheng ^f   Chapman, Robert S ^g   Rothman, Nat ^b   Qing, Lan ^b   Vermeulen, Roel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTRE   (China)

^g CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coal; Exposure assessment; Lung cancer; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTHRACITE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; DISEASES; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUARTZ; SILICON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SOLID FUELS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ALUMINUM; ANTHRACITE; COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUEL; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHINA; FUYUAN; HEILONGJIANG; YUNNAN;

COAL; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LUNG CANCER; SOLID FUELS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALS; QUARTZ; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897933933     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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