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Aggregated cancers are male and female cancers of brain and CNS, leukemia, lymphoma (Hodgkins disease), lymphoma (Non-Hodgkins), and multiple myeloma. Mapped at the town level. Included are count data, standardized incidence ratios, and statistical significance for the aggregate of these five types of cancer. Cancer data from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Missing data or suppressed values are coded as "-999". We selected a set of cancers often associated with chemical exposures to be mapped as a group. Just because cancers are included in this list does not mean that all of those cancers arise due to chemical exposures. Similarly, many cancers not included in this group have some chemical causes (e.g., arsenic and skin cancer; asbestos and lung cancer). We have selected one of many potential ways to group cancers in relation to potential chemical exposures. We made our selection based on the following considerations: we selected cancers that have been shown in epidemiologic studies to be associated with exposure to pesticides, solvents, dioxin, and other chemicals (see references in supplemental information), and we selected cancers to be grouped if they occur so rarely that they could not be mapped at the town level on their own.</SPAN></P></DIV></p><p><span class="idHeading">Access and use limitations</span><br />Use of this dataset is subject to the constraints of the Terms of Use Agreement. http://library.silentspring.org/heis/license.asp</p></div><h2 class="iso head"><a href="#arcgisMetadata" onclick="hideShow('arcgisMetadata')">ArcGIS Metadata <span id="arcgisMetadataShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="arcgisMetadataHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="arcgisMetadata" xmlns="" xmlns:esri="http://www.esri.com/metadata/" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><div class="box arcgis"><div><a name="TopArcGIS" id="TopArcGIS" /></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EJA')" href="#ID0EJA">Resource Identification  <span id="ID0EJAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EJAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EJA"><a name="ID0EJA" id="ID0EJA" /><dl><dl><dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Citation</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Title</span> Cancers associated with chemical exposures</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Presentation format</span> digital map</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Responsible party</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute(comp.)</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> originator</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Responsible party</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> publisher</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Address</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Delivery point</span> Massachusetts</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Abstract (Description)</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Incidence of aggregated cancers often associated with chemical exposures for Massachusetts for the years 1996-2000, 2001-2005, and 2002 -2006. Aggregated cancers are male and female cancers of brain and CNS, leukemia, lymphoma (Hodgkins disease), lymphoma (Non-Hodgkins), and multiple myeloma. Mapped at the town level. Included are count data, standardized incidence ratios, and statistical significance for the aggregate of these five types of cancer. Cancer data from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry, Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Missing data or suppressed values are coded as "-999". We selected a set of cancers often associated with chemical exposures to be mapped as a group. Just because cancers are included in this list does not mean that all of those cancers arise due to chemical exposures. Similarly, many cancers not included in this group have some chemical causes (e.g., arsenic and skin cancer; asbestos and lung cancer). We have selected one of many potential ways to group cancers in relation to potential chemical exposures. We made our selection based on the following considerations: we selected cancers that have been shown in epidemiologic studies to be associated with exposure to pesticides, solvents, dioxin, and other chemicals (see references in supplemental information), and we selected cancers to be grouped if they occur so rarely that they could not be mapped at the town level on their own.</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Purpose (Summary)</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Intended for health statistical reporting, analysis, and visual display.</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Dataset languages</span> English (UNITED STATES) </dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Resource constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Legal constraints</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Access constraints</span> other restrictions, other restrictions</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Other constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Access constraints: None</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Other constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Access constraints: None</pre></dd></dl></dl></dd></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Resource constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Legal constraints</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Use constraints</span> other restrictions</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Other constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Use constraints: Use of this dataset is subject to the constraints of the Terms of Use Agreement. <a target="viewer" href="http://">http://</a>library.silentspring.org/heis/license.asp</pre></dd></dl></dl></dd></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Resource constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Security constraints</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Classification</span> unclassified</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Classification system</span> public</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Additional restrictions</span> no restrictions</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Spatial representation type</span> vector</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Processing environment</span> Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.0.2414</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Other extent information</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Extent description</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">publication date</pre></dd></dl><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Geographic extent</span></dt><dd><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Bounding rectangle</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Extent type</span> Extent used for searching</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">West longitude</span> -73.533350</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">East longitude</span> -69.898477</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">North latitude</span> 42.888351</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">South latitude</span> 41.230341</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Extent contains the resource</span> Yes</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Temporal extent</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Date and time</span> February 2010</dt></dl></dd><br /></dd></dl></dd></dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Supplemental information</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">See also Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) web site on Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer: <a target="viewer" href="http://www.healthandenvironment.org/wg_cancer_news/216">http://www.healthandenvironment.org/wg_cancer_news/216</a> also a number of review articles by Sheila Zahm and others (see list below) 1: Hartge P, Colt JS, Severson RK, Cerhan JR, Cozen W, Camann D, Zahm SH, Davis S. Residential herbicide use and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Apr;14(4):934-7. Review. PMID: 15824166 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 2: Zahm SH, Blair A. Occupational cancer among women: where have we been and where are we going? Am J Ind Med. 2003 Dec;44(6):565-75. Review. PMID: 14635233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Baris D, Zahm SH. Epidemiology of lymphomas. Curr Opin Oncol. 2000 Sep;12(5):383-94. Review. PMID: 10975544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: Blair A, Rothman N, Zahm SH. Occupational cancer epidemiology in the coming decades. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1999 Dec;25(6):491-7. Review. PMID: 10884144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Zahm SH, Fraumeni JF Jr. The epidemiology of soft tissue sarcoma. Semin Oncol. 1997 Oct;24(5):504-14. Review. PMID: 9344316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6: Dich J, Zahm SH, Hanberg A, Adami HO. Pesticides and cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 1997 May;8(3):420-43. Review. PMID: 9498903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 1: Fisher SG, Fisher RI. The epidemiology of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Oncogene. 2004 Aug 23;23(38):6524-34. Review. PMID: 15322522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]</pre></dd></dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Point of contact</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's position</span> Research Assistant</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> point of contact</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Phone</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Voice</span> 617-332-4288</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Address</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Delivery point</span> 29 Crafts St</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">City</span> Newton</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Administrative area</span> MA</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Postal code</span> 02458</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Country</span> UNITED STATES</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dd></dl></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EJA')" href="#ID0EJA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EFA')" href="#ID0EFA">Spatial Representation  <span id="ID0EFAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EFAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EFA"><a name="ID0EFA" id="ID0EFA" /><dl><dt><h2 class="iso">Vector</h2></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Level of topology for this dataset</span> geometry only</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Geometric objects</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Object type</span> composite</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dd></dl></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EFA')" href="#ID0EFA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EEA')" href="#ID0EEA">Reference System  <span id="ID0EEAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EEAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EEA"><a name="ID0EEA" id="ID0EEA" /><dl><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Reference system identifier</span></dt><dd><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Value</span> 26986</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Code space</span> EPSG</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Version</span> 7.4.1</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd></dd></dl></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EEA')" href="#ID0EEA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EGA')" href="#ID0EGA">Data Quality  <span id="ID0EGAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EGAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EGA"><a name="ID0EGA" id="ID0EGA" /><dl><dl><dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Scope of quality information</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Level of the data</span> dataset</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Lineage</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 8/1/2005 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Downloaded vector datalayer "Community Boundaries (Towns)" from MassGIS</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 8/10/2005 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Edited polygons to remove 22 water polygons selected as [Town_ID] = '0' While editing layer selected each internal polygon and then selected Editor - Clip with the option to 'Discard the area that intersects'. Each polygon was then selected and deleted to remove it from the shapefile creating a donut polygon.Dissolved on Town_ID to create multi-part polygons using GeoProcessing Wizard. The result was 351 records with one for each town.</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process contact</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's position</span> Research Assistant</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> processor</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Phone</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Voice</span> 617 332 4288</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 8/10/2005 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Stripped out attributes to create a baselayer for joining to other town-based datasets. Deleted attributes: TOWNS_ID, FIPS_STCO, CCD_MCD, FIPS_PLACE, POP1980, POPCH80_90, POPCH90_00, FOURCOLOR, TYPE, ISLAND, FIPS_MCD, FIPS_COUNTY</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 2/1/2010 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Obtained Cancer Incidence in Massachusetts - City/Town Supplement reports as Excel file or Word documents from the MDPH. Data was reformatted so that each town represented one record with column variables for each cancer type for expected cases, observed cases, SIR, and 95% confidence interval. http://www.mass.gov/dph/bhsre/mcr/canreg.htm</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process contact</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's position</span> Research Assistant</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> processor</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Phone</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Voice</span> 617 332 4288</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Converted count fields with a value of less than 5 to -999 (missing data value). Data were sorted so that each town had one row and each variable was recorded in a new column field. New field names were substituted to conform to the 10 alphanumeric limit of the .dbf format. The total number of cases of each endpoint and the difference between the total and the sum of the counts in the towns that were not suppressed (no data = -999) was recorded for attribute information in the metadata to document the amount of suppression.</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process contact</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's position</span> Research Assistant</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> processor</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Phone</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Voice</span> 617 332 4288</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">When the process occurred</span> 12/31/2010 12:00:00 AM</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> Created personal geodatabase in Arc Catalog, combining Massachusetts town shapefile with cancer incidence spreadsheet.Made query table in Arc Map to combine Massachusetts towns with 5 year increments of data for each town. Exported resulting file as shapefile. Renamed field headers to be legible and organized.</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> .</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Process step</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Description</span> .</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Source data</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Source citation</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Title</span> Community Boundaries (Towns)</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Presentation format</span> digital map</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Other citation details</span> This datalayer, except the coastline, was digitized by MassGIS from a set of stable based film prints of the 1:25,000 7.5' quadrangles purchased from the USGS by the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works. The coastline was taken from the USGS 1:100,000 hydrography DLG database. It was selected visually and appended to the digitized town boundaries.</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Responsible party</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> MassGIS</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> originator</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Source data</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Source citation</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Title</span> Cancer Incidence in Massachusetts - City/Town Supplement 2002-2006</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Other citation details</span> Provided to Silent Spring Institute in Excel format December 2009</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Responsible party</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Massachusetts Cancer Registry, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington St., Boston, MA 02108</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> originator</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd>unknownunknownCancer data originates from the Massachusetts cancer registry. The MCR is a member of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), and adheres to standards as set by NAACCR, Commission on Cancer/American College of Surgeons, National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Program of Cancer Registriesvariableunknown</dd></dl></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EGA')" href="#ID0EGA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EKA')" href="#ID0EKA">Distribution Information  <span id="ID0EKAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EKAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EKA"><a name="ID0EKA" id="ID0EKA" /><dl><dl><dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Distribution format</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Format name</span> Shapefile</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Transfer options</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Transfer size</span> 4.424</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Online source</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Online location (URL)</span> <a target="viewer" href="http://www.silentspring.org">http://www.silentspring.org</a></dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dd></dl></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EKA')" href="#ID0EKA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0R')" href="#ID0R">Metadata Details  <span id="ID0RShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0RHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0R"><a name="Metadata_Information" id="Metadata_Information" /><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Metadata language</span> English</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Scope of the data described by the metadata</span> dataset</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Scope name</span> dataset</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Metadata contact</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Organization's name</span> Silent Spring Institute</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's position</span> Research Assistant</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact's role</span> point of contact</dt><br /><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Contact information</span></dt><dd><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Phone</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Voice</span> 617-332-4288</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Address</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Delivery point</span> 29 Crafts St</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">City</span> Newton</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Administrative area</span> MA</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Postal code</span> 02458</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl></dd></dd><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Last update</span> 2011-05-23</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Metadata constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Legal constraints</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Access constraints</span> other restrictions, other restrictions</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Other constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Access constraints: None</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Other constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Access constraints: None</pre></dd></dl></dl></dd></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Metadata constraints</span></dt><dl><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Security constraints</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Classification</span> unclassified</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Classification system</span> public</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="isoElement">Additional restrictions</span> no restrictions</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dd></dl><dt><span class="isoElement">Name of the metadata standard used</span> ArcGIS Metadata</dt><dt><span class="isoElement">Version of the metadata standard</span> 1.0</dt><br /><br /></dd></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0R')" href="#ID0R">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EQA')" href="#ID0EQA">ESRI Metadata and Item Properties  <span id="ID0EQAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EQAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EQA"><a name="Properties" id="Properties" /><dl><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Metadata properties</span></dt><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">ArcGIS</span> ArcGIS1.0</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Metadata standard or profile</span> NAP</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="esriElement">Last modified in ArcGIS</span> 2011-05-23T14:19:55</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="esriElement">Automatic updates</span></dt><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Last update</span> 2011-05-23T14:19:55</dt></dl></dl><br /></dl><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Item properties</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Name</span> Chemcancers</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Size</span> 4.424</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Content type</span> Downloadable Data</dt></dl></dd><br /></dl></dd></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EQA')" href="#ID0EQA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EGQA')" href="#ID0EGQA">ESRI Spatial Information  <span id="ID0EGQAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EGQAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EGQA"><a name="ESRISpatial" id="ESRISpatial" /><dl><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Extent in the item's coordinate reference</span></dt><dd><dt><span class="isoElement">Bounding rectangle</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">West longitude</span> 33861.263590</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">East longitude</span> 330846.093449</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">North latitude</span> 959747.440856</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">South latitude</span> 777514.311125</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="isoElement">Extent contains the resource</span> Yes</dt></dl></dd></dd><br /><dt><span class="esriElement">Coordinate reference</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Type</span> Projected</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Projection</span> NAD_1983_StatePlane_Massachusetts_Mainland_FIPS_2001</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Geographic coordinate reference</span> GCS_North_American_1983</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Coordinate reference details</span> </dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Projected coordinate system</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="esriElement">Well-known identifier</span> 26986</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">X origin</span> -36530900</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Y origin</span> -28803200</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">XY scale</span> 122610652.81195112</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Z origin</span> -100000</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Z scale</span> 10000</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">M origin</span> -100000</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">M scale</span> 10000</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">XY tolerance</span> 0.001</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Z tolerance</span> 0.001</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">M tolerance</span> 0.001</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">High precision</span> true</dt><dt><span class="esriElement">Well-known text</span> 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class="esriElement">Feature class name</span> Chemcancers</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Feature type</span> Simple</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Geometry type</span> Polygon</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Has topology</span> FALSE</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Feature count</span> 1053</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Spatial index</span> TRUE</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Linear referencing</span> FALSE</dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><br /></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EACA')" href="#ID0EACA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="iso"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EBA')" href="#ID0EBA">ESRI Fields and Subtypes  <span id="ID0EBAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0EBAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0EBA"><a name="Field" id="Field" /><dl><dd><dl><dt>Chemcancers Feature Class</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Row count</span> 1053</dt><br /><br /><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> FID</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> FID</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> OID</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 4</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Field description</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Internal feature number.</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Description source</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">ESRI</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Description of values</span> Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> Shape</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> Shape</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> Geometry</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Field description</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">Feature geometry.</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Description source</span></dt><dl><dd><pre class="wrap">ESRI</pre></dd></dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Description of values</span> Coordinates defining the features.</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> OBJECTID</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> OBJECTID</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> Double</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 10</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 10</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> TOWN</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> TOWN</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> String</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 21</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> TOWN_ID</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> TOWN_ID</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> SmallInteger</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 4</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 4</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> Count</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> Count</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> Double</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 10</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 10</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> SIR</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> SIR</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> Double</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 10</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 9</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Scale</span> 1</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> SIG</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> SIG</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> String</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 10</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> START_YR</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> START_YR</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> SmallInteger</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 4</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 4</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd><dt><span class="esriElement">Field</span> END_YR</dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Alias</span> END_YR</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Data type</span> SmallInteger</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Width</span> 4</dt><dt><span class="sync">*</span> <span class="esriElement">Precision</span> 4</dt><br /><br /></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl><br /><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0EBA')" href="#ID0EBA">Hide ²%</a></div></div></div></div><h2 class="fgdc head"><a href="#fgdcMetadata" onclick="hideShow('fgdcMetadata')">FGDC Metadata <span id="fgdcMetadataShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="fgdcMetadataHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="fgdcMetadata" xmlns=""><div class="box fgdc"><div><a name="TopFGDC" id="TopFGDC" /></div><div><h2 class="fgdc"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0ECA')" href="#ID0ECA">Spatial Data Organization  <span id="ID0ECAShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="ID0ECAHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="ID0ECA"><dl><dd><dl /></dd></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('ID0ECA')" href="#ID0ECA">Hide ²%</a></div></div><h2 class="fgdc"><a onclick="hideShow('eainfo')" href="#eainfo">Entities and Attributes  <span id="eainfoShow" class="show">¼%</span><span id="eainfoHide" class="hide">º%</span></a></h2><div class="hide" id="eainfo"><a name="Entity and Attribute Information" id="Entity and Attribute Information" /><dl><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Detailed Description</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Entity Type</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Entity Type Label</span> Chemcancers</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> FID</dt><dt><span class="element">Attribute Definition</span></dt><dd>Internal feature number.</dd><dt><span class="element">Attribute Definition Source</span> ESRI</dt><dt><span class="element">Attribute Domain Values</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Unrepresentable Domain</span></dt><dd>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> Shape</dt><dt><span class="element">Attribute Definition</span></dt><dd>Feature geometry.</dd><dt><span class="element">Attribute Definition Source</span> ESRI</dt><dt><span class="element">Attribute Domain Values</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Unrepresentable Domain</span></dt><dd>Coordinates defining the features.</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> OBJECTID</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> TOWN</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> TOWN_ID</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> Count</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> SIR</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> SIG</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> START_YR</dt></dl></dd><br /><dt><span class="element">Attribute</span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="element">Attribute Label</span> END_YR</dt></dl></dd><br /></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl><div class="backToTop"><a onclick="hideShow('eainfo')" href="#eainfo">Hide ²%</a></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>