Arsenic and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Slovakia.ppt

Arsenic and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Slovakia Beate Pesch Environmental Health Research Institute, Germany Part of the EU-funded Project EXPASCAN ?Exposure to Arsenic and Cancer in Central Eastern Europe‘ www.icconsultants.co.uk/EXPASCAN.html Objective Estimation of the risk of environmental arsenic exposure from power plant emissions for non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) Estimation of the risk of environmental arsenic exposure Choose study design(s) Assess exposure Estimate risk Discuss confounders Arsenic and arsenic compounds Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) 2nd edition, 22