Exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of childhood cancers: A population-based study in Tehran, Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 646, Issue , 2019, Pages 105-110

  Seifi, Morteza ^a   Niazi, Sadegh ^a,b   Johnson, Graham ^b   Nodehi, Vahideh ^c   Yunesian, Masud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Childhood cancer; NO 2; PM 10; SO 2; Tehran

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CHILDHOOD CANCERS; LAND USE REGRESSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PM10; TEHRAN;

DISEASES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN]; TEHRAN [TEHRAN (PRV)];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRAN; NEOPLASMS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85050305759     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.219     Document Type: Article

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