Cohort study of residents of a district with soil and groundwater industrial waste contamination

• Main Authors: Roberto Pasetto (Author), Andrea Ranzi (Author), Aldo De Togni (Author), Stefano Ferretti (Author), Paolo Pasetti (Author), Paola Angelini (Author), Pietro Comba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: A neighbourhood of the city of Ferrara (Italy) was built over an area polluted with chlorinated organic compounds. A residential cohort study was performed to assess the health profile of the population living in the polluted area. METHODS: The residential history of 3475 subjects who...