Association of Childhood Leukemia with Residential Exposure to Petrochemical Air Pollution in Taiwan

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Title:	Association of Childhood Leukemia with Residential Exposure to Petrochemical Air Pollution in Taiwan
Authors:	(Hsu-Huei Weng);(Shang-Shyue Tsai);(Hui-Fen Chiu);吳聰能(Trong-Neng Wu);(Chun-Yuh Yang)*
Contributors:	公共衛生學院環境醫學研究所;中國附醫院長室
Date:	2008
Issue Date:	2009-08-25 14:31:02 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	To investigate the relationship between petrochemical air pollution and childhood leukemia (19 yr of age or younger), the authors conducted a matched case-control study using childhood deaths that occurred in Taiwan from 1995 through 2005. Data on all eligible childhood leukemia deaths were obtained from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Taiwan Provincial Department of Health. The control group consisted of children who died from causes other than neoplasms or diseases that were not associated with respiratory problems. The controls were pair matched to the cases by sex, year of birth, and year of death. Each matched control was selected randomly from the set of possible controls for each case. The proportion of a municipality's total population employed in the petrochemical industry in a municipality was used as an indicator of a resident's exposure to air emissions from the petrochemical industry. The subjects were divided into three levels (≤25th percentile; 25th-75th percentile; > 75th percentile) according to the levels of the index just described. After controlling for possible confounders, results showed that children who lived in the group of municipalities characterized by the highest levels of petrochemical air pollution had a statistically significant higher risk of developing leukemia than the group that lived in municipalities with the lowest petrochemical air pollution levels. The results of this study shed important light on the relationship between the Taiwan petrochemical industry and human health risks.
Relation:	INHALATION TOXICOLOGY 20(1)31 ~36
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Environmental Medicine] Journal articles

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