Industrial Air Pollution: Possible Effect on Lung Cancer
- 18 January 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 183 (4121) , 210-212
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.183.4121.210
Abstract
Higher lung cancer mortality rates occurred in males living in certain heavily industrialized areas of Los Angeles County, California. These areas were characterized by elevated concentrations of benzo[a]pyrene and other polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons of primarily industrial origin in the soil and air.Keywords
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