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Cancer mortality and quantitative oil production in the Amazon region of Ecuador, 1990–2010

PURPOSE: Controversy persists over whether cancer risk is increased in communities surrounding oil fields, especially in the Oriente region of Ecuador. This ecologic study uses quantitative exposure data, updated mortality data, and improved statistical methods to study the impact of oil exploration...

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Autores principales: Moolgavkar, Suresh H., Chang, Ellen T., Watson, Heather, Lau, Edmund C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24293001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0308-8