Risk of cancer as a result of community exposure to gasoline vapors. Academic Article

abstract

• The Tranguch Gasoline Spill leaked 50,000-900,000 gallons of gasoline from underground storage tanks, potentially exposing an area of Hazle Township and Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to chronic low levels of benzene since at least 1990. A retrospective cohort study of 663 individuals representing 275 households assessed whether affected residents were at increased risk for cancer from 1990-2000 compared with the Pennsylvania populace. Age-adjusted standard incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated using Pennsylvania rates to determine expected numbers. The age-adjusted SIR for the gasoline-affected area was 4.40 (95% confidence interval: 1.09-10.24) for leukemia. These results suggest an association between living within the area affected by the Tranguch Gasoline Spill and increased risk for leukemia.

authors

• Xu, Xiaohui

published proceedings

• Arch Environ Health

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Patel, A. S., Talbott, E. O., Zborowski, J. V., Rycheck, J. A., Dell, D., Xu, X., & Schwerha, J.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• Patel, Ami S||Talbott, Evelyn O||Zborowski, Jeanne V||Rycheck, Juley A||Dell, Danielle||Xu, Xiaohui||Schwerha, Joseph

publication date

• January 2004

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health: an international journal  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Benzene
• Carcinogens, Environmental
• Cohort Studies
• Environmental Exposure
• Female
• Gasoline
• Humans
• Incidence
• Leukemia
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pennsylvania
• Retrospective Studies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00039890409605165

start page

• 497

end page

• 503

volume

• 59

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00039890409605165