Arsenic in Drinking Water and Lung Cancer Mortality in the United States: An Analysis Based on Us Counties and 30 Years of Observation (1950–1979)

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Analyzes county-specific median arsenic groundwater data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with county-specific lung cancer mortality data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1950 to 1979. Examines associations between arsenic in drinking water and lung cancer. Includes statistics on education, rurality, poverty, income, and other variables.

Hamid Ferdosi, Elisabeth K. Dissen, Nana Ama Afari-Dwamena, et al.

Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2016, 1602929

06/2016

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Cancer · Environmental health · Mortality · Statistics and data