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)

Background. To examine whether the US EPA (2010) lung cancer risk estimate derived from the high arsenic exposures (10–934 µg/L) in southwest Taiwan accurately predicts the US experience from low arsenic exposures (3–59 µg/L). Methods. Analyses have been limited to US counties solely dependent on un...

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Main Authors: Hamid Ferdosi, Elisabeth K. Dissen, Nana Ama Afari-Dwamena, Ji Li, Rusan Chen, Manning Feinleib, Steven H. Lamm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1602929