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Environmental Exposure to Emissions from Petrochemical Sites and Lung Cancer : The Lower Mississippi Interagency Cancer Study
Joint Authors
Luckett, Brian
Su, L. Joseph
Williams, Donna
Yang, Tong
Scribner, Richard
Simonsen, Neal
Fontham, Elizabeth T. H.
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
To investigate potential links between environmental exposure to petrochemical plant emissions and lung cancer, a population-based case-control study (LMRICS) was conducted in eleven Louisiana parishes bordering the Mississippi River.
Cases and age, gender, and race-matched controls were interviewed regarding potential risk factors.
Residential history was geocoded to provide indices of long-term proximity to industrial sites.
Cases were more likely to have lived near a petrochemical site.
Models adjusted for other risk factors, however, showed small or no association with lung cancer (odds ratio for residence within a half-mile of a site =1.10, 95% confidence interval 0.58–2.08).
While associations were strongest for exposures exceeding 15 years, none approached statistical significance and there was no clear dose-response across exposure duration, distance categories, or when sites were grouped according to carcinogenicity rating of chemical releases.
Residential proximity to petrochemical plants along the lower Mississippi thus showed no significant association with lung cancer.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Simonsen, Neal& Scribner, Richard& Su, L. Joseph& Williams, Donna& Luckett, Brian& Yang, Tong…[et al.]. 2010. Environmental Exposure to Emissions from Petrochemical Sites and Lung Cancer : The Lower Mississippi Interagency Cancer Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Simonsen, Neal…[et al.]. Environmental Exposure to Emissions from Petrochemical Sites and Lung Cancer : The Lower Mississippi Interagency Cancer Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Simonsen, Neal& Scribner, Richard& Su, L. Joseph& Williams, Donna& Luckett, Brian& Yang, Tong…[et al.]. Environmental Exposure to Emissions from Petrochemical Sites and Lung Cancer : The Lower Mississippi Interagency Cancer Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-496541