Incidence of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in an Italian Area Affected by Illegal Waste Dumping Sites

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 154-159

  Benedetti, Marta ^a   Fazzo, Lucia ^a   Buzzoni, Carlotta ^b   Comba, Pietro ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^c   Fusco, Mario ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Institute for Cancer Study and Prevention   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d Local Health Authority Naples 3 South   (Italy)

Author keywords

adults; cancer; children; epidemiology; hazardous waste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBROMYXOSARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; MYXOSARCOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; WELL DIFFERENTIATED LIPOSARCOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SARCOMA; SOLID WASTE; VERY ELDERLY; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; SOLID WASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929747807     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2013.845135     Document Type: Article

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