Ecological studies of cancer incidence in an area interested by dumping waste sites in Campania (Italy)

• Main Authors: Lucia Fazzo (Author), Marco De Santis (Author), Francesco Mitis (Author), Marta Benedetti (Author), Marco Martuzzi (Author), Pietro Comba (Author), Mario Fusco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cancer incidence was investigated in an area which has been affected by the illegal practices of dumping hazardous waste and setting fire to mismanaged waste. For the 35 municipalities of this area that are served by a Cancer Registry, municipal standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and hierarchical B...