Cancer cluster among young Indian adults living near power transmission lines in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará, Brazil Agrupação de casos de câncer em adultos jovens indígenas residindo nas proximidades de linhas de transmissão de alta tensão elétrica em Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará, Brasil

A case study was carried out to explore the occurrence of a cancer cluster in 1992 among young indian adults living in an Amazonian village near two 500 kV power transmission lines that began operating a decade ago. Current blood levels of DDT and organophosphorus pesticides and metal levels in hair...

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Main Authors: Sergio Koifman, Iara Ferraz, Trajano S. Viana, Carmen L. P. Silveira, Maria T. D. Carneiro, Rosalina J. Koifman, Paula N. Sarcinelli, Rita de Cássia O.C. Mattos, Jaime S. Lima, Jefferson J.O. Silva, Josino C. Moreira, Maria de Fátima A. Ferreira, Chester Fernandes, Antonio Carlos Bulcão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1998-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000700016