High cancer rates among Fort Chipewyan residents

L Eggertson - 2009 - Can Med Assoc
Two doctors who raised concerns about cancer risks for residents of Fort Chipewyan living
near Alberta's oil sands say they feel vindicated by a new report confirming elevated cancer …

Cancer incidence in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

Y Chen - 2009 - policycommons.net
Methods• The number of observed cancer cases in the community was compared with the
number of expected cases over a 12-year study period (1995-2006)• Observed cases were …

Cancer Incidence in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta: 1995-2006

Y Chen - 2009 - osti.gov
A high number of cases of cholangiocarcinoma, a rare form of bile duct cancer, as well as
high rates of other cancers were reported by a physician working in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta …

An ecological study of cancer incidence in Port Hope, Ontario from 1992 to 2007

J Chen, D Moir, R Lane… - Journal of Radiological …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
A plant processing radium and uranium ores has been operating in the town of Port Hope
since 1932. Given the nuclear industry located in the community and ongoing public health …

Cancer downwind from sour gas refineries: the perception and the reality of an epidemic.

MT Schechter, WO Spitzer, ME Hutcheon… - Environmental …, 1989 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
A rural population in southwestern Alberta, Canada, living downwind from natural gas
refineries, has expressed concerns about an excess of adverse health outcomes over the …

Water is a living thing": Environmental and human health implications of the Athabasca Oil Sands for the Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First …

SM McLachlan - 2014 - policycommons.net
Water is a living thing" : Environmental and human health implications of the Athabasca Oil
Sands for the Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Northern …

Shale gas development and cancer incidence in southwest Pennsylvania

ML Finkel - Public Health, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To what extent does unconventional gas development lead to an increase in
cancer incidence in heavily drilled Southwest Pennsylvania? Study design Ecological study …

Cancer incidence among refinery and petrochemical employees in Louisiana, 1983–1999

SP Tsai, VW Chen, EE Fox, JK Wendt, XC Wu… - Annals of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of cancer among
employees at two petrochemical facilities in south Louisiana, and to compare their cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental factors in an Ontario community with disparities in colorectal cancer incidence

J Sritharan, R Kamaleswaran, K McFarlan… - Global journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: In Ontario, there are significant geographical disparities in colorectal cancer
incidence. In particular, the northern region of Timiskaming has the highest incidence of …

Process for determining the cancer burden of the Hopi Tribe

SR Brown, L Joshweseoma, T Flood… - Public health …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The Hopi Tribe is located in the northeastern part of Arizona on more than one million acres
of federally reserved land. Tribally based community research, conducted in collaboration …