title: Residential proximity to industrial sites in the area of Taranto (Southern Italy). A case-control cancer incidence study.
abstract: The association between cancer incidence and the residence near polluting facilities in an industrial area nearby Taranto has been investigated. Age, sex and occupational exposure were controlled as confounding variables in a case-control study (658 cases, 2092 controls). High risks were evidenced close to the steel mill (OR: 3.54), coke plant (OR: 4.80), mineral deposit (OR: 3.33) and shipbuilding (OR: 4.29) for pleural neoplasm, and to the steel mill (OR: 1.65) and shipbuilding (OR: 1.79) for lung cancer. After adjustment for occupational exposure, increasing trends of risk were observed both for lung and bladder cancers. Cancer risks were evidenced near industrial sites and the introduction of "occupational exposure" as a confounder modified significantly the risks with respect to distance from the source of pollution, particularly for pleural, lung and bladder cancers.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina del Lavoro, INAIL, Area di ricerca ex ISPESL, Rome, Italy. alessandro.marinaccio@ispesl.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marinaccio
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Binazzi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarselli
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conversano
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crosignani
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minerba
authors.forename: Amerigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zona
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007221:Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology