title: [The incidence of laryngeal cancer among males in the upper Silesia].
abstract: In the years 1986-1990 within Upper Silesia Region (Katowice Voivodeship) 1240 larynx cancer cases were diagnosed. Larynx cancer standardized incidence rates there are: 12,5 cases per 100 thousand on the whole area, maximal--28.6 and minimal--2.2 per 100 thousand, taking into consideration 93 administrative units (45 towns and 48 community councils). Larynx cancer incidence rates were dynamically increasing every year by 3%. There has not been attained geographic correlation between highest larynx cancer incidence level and highest ambient air pollution.
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii--Instytutu im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie Oddział w Gliwicach.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zemła
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weryński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Markiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ihnatowicz
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007221:Industry; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Zachorowalność na raka krtani na Górnym Slasku.