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A study of cancer mortality in an urban industrial environment

Authors :
H. C. Kanarek
K. J. Yost
Virgil L. Anderson
Source :
Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering. 14:641-681
Publication Year :
1979
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 1979.

Abstract

The study examines the relationship between urban air pollution, as indexed by total suspended particulate concentrations, in Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana, and the Calumet region of South Chicago, Illinois. This area exhibits a pollution gradient conducive to a study of this type; high pollution levels in a heavily industrialized urban region, and low to moderate pollution levels in an adjoining rural region. The study reveals the difficulties encountered in drawing conclusions from epidemiological investigations involving an urban population. Nevertheless, it appears to support the contention that air pollution and other factors characteristic of an urban environment contribute to elevated cancer mortality rates.

Details

ISSN :
03601226
Volume :
14
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Environmental Science and Health . Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering
Accession number :
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