Document ID (ISN) | 63816 |
CIS number |
95-239 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
Year |
1994 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Malmberg P. |
Title |
Coking to death? |
Bibliographic information |
3 Sep. 1994, Vol.344, No.8923. p.632. 4 ref. |
Abstract |
This brief commentary considers the possible influence of awareness bias in the debate about the health hazards of living near coke ovens. In a dispute involving residents living near a coking works in the north east of England in the 1980s, while there was no hard evidence for an environmental impact on health, replies to questionnaires showed a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms near the coke works. Epidemiological methods need to be devised to study subtle health effects that remove any uncertainty about awareness bias. |
Descriptors (primary) |
subjective assessment; coking plants; health hazards; atmospheric pollution |
Descriptors (secondary) |
epidemiologic study; respiratory diseases |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Sweden |
Subject(s) |
Environmental pollution
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Air pollution Chemical industry Environmental pollution
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