Environmental pollution from illegal waste disposal and health effects: A review on the “triangle of death”

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1216-1236

  Triassi, Maria ^a   Alfano, Rossella ^a   Illario, Maddalena ^a   Nardone, Antonio ^a   Caporale, Oreste ^a   Montuori, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania Region; Human biomonitoring; Human health; Incineration; Landfill; Waste

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; ITALY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

SCOPUS;

HAZARDOUS WASTE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; ITALY; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84921829010     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120201216     Document Type: Article

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