Ambient air benz[apyrene and cancer morbidity in Kemerovo

A statistically significant direct strong correlation was found between the annual average daily concentrations of air benz[a]pyrene and the lung and the gastric cancer morbidity rates in males and females, skin, thyroid, and ovarian cancer in females. The certain interval of the measured concentrat...

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Published in:	Gigiena i sanitarija no. 4; p. 28
Main Authors:	Mun, S A, Larin, S A, Brailovskiĭ, V V, Lodzia, A F, Zinchuk, S F, Glushkov, A N
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 01-07-2006
Subjects:	Air - analysis Air Pollutants - adverse effects Benzopyrenes - analysis Catchment Area (Health) Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Incidence Male Neoplasms - epidemiology Prevalence Russia - epidemiology Russia
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Summary:	A statistically significant direct strong correlation was found between the annual average daily concentrations of air benz[a]pyrene and the lung and the gastric cancer morbidity rates in males and females, skin, thyroid, and ovarian cancer in females. The certain interval of the measured concentration of benz[a]pyrene and the recorded morbidity rate was shown to be characteristic of each of the above-mentioned tumors.
ISSN:	0016-9900