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CANCER MORTALITY AND BIRTH MALFORMATIONS IN FOUR WHEAT - PRODUCING U.S. STATES.
Citation:
Schreinemachers, D M. CANCER MORTALITY AND BIRTH MALFORMATIONS IN FOUR WHEAT - PRODUCING U.S. STATES. Presented at Dioxin 2003, 23rd Int; Symposium on Halogentaed Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Boston, MA, August 24-29, 2003.
Description:
Newly emerging global patterns of disease have been observed. Environmental exposures, which are involuntary, widespread, and mostly low-dose in nature, have been implicated. Comparisons of populations rather than individuals are needed to identify health effects resulting from these exposures. Populations or ecologic studies are fundamental in addressing the associated public health problems1. Since lack of null comparison data may complicate populations studies, inter-region comparisons may be used instead2. While population studies can be the first step in identifying potential hazards, other discipines ranging from the molecular to the population domain, are required to completely define the association between environmental exposures and health effects1. An an example of two hazard identification studies is presented here.