Were jobs more important than health in Sydney?
Unusually high cancer rates in Sydney, NS, have finally prompted an epidemiologic study that will look at the interplay of occupational and environmental exposure, smoking and genetic predisposition. The study is part of a $3.6 million healthy communities project, and it may determine the effect of coke-oven emissions on steelworkers and residents.
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D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008669:Metallurgy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D009674:Nova Scotia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*