title: [Increase in the incidence of leukemia in the area of a former hazardous waste site].
abstract: An incidence study, completed in 1990, revealed a significantly increased incidence of leukaemias in the near vicinity of a hazardous waste dump. Linear regression of community incidence rates with community distance to the hazardous waste site showed negative coefficients for leukaemias and malignant lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin, Bremen.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lotz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greiser
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste
vernacular_title: Erhöhung der Leukämieinzidenz in der Nähe einer ehemaligen Sondermülldeponie.