Cancer incidence near municipal solid waste incinerators in Great Britain. Part 2: histopathological and case-note review of primary liver cancer cases.
We reported previously a 37% excess risk of liver cancer within 1 km of municipal incinerators. Of 119/235 (51%) cases reviewed, primary liver cancer was confirmed in 66 (55%) with 21 (18%) definite secondary cancers. The proportions of true primaries ranging between 55% and 82% (i.e. excluding secondary cancers) give revised estimates of between 0.53 and 0.78 excess cases per 10(5) per year within 1 km.
Elliott
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Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London, UK.
Eaton
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N
Shaddick
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Carter
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003644:Death Certificates; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017745:Incineration; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009111:Local Government; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D000393:Air Pollutants