Relationship between lung cancer and distance of residence from nonferrous smelter stack effluent
| Autor: | Gloria Varley, William N. Rom, Joseph L. Lyon, Grace Chiu, Diana Dryer Wright, William W. Greaves |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Adult
Air Pollutants Lung Neoplasms business.industry technology industry and agriculture Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Environmental Exposure Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Arsenic Increased risk Residence Characteristics Environmental health Smelting Metallurgy medicine Humans Residence Lung cancer business Effluent Aged |
| Zdroj: | American journal of industrial medicine. 2(1) |
| ISSN: | 0271-3586 1970-1977 |
| Popis: | Because of a reported association between residence in counties with nonferrous smelters and increased risk of lung cancer, we studied the relationship between distance of residence from nonferrous smelters and lung cancer. Patients with lung cancer and patients with other cancers not known to be associated with smelter effluent (breast, prostate, and colon) were compared. All patients lived within a 20-kilometer radius around one of 10 nonferrous smelters in five western states during 1970-1977. Data were obtained from cancer registries or death certificates and were examined separately for each area. Addresses at the time of diagnosis or death were plotted on U.S. Geological Survey maps to calculate distance from each smelter. The distribution of lung cancer near the smelters was not significantly different from the distribution of control cancers in any of the areas studied. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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