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Science 18 January 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4121, pp. 210 - 212
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4121.210
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Industrial Air Pollution: Possible Effect on Lung Cancer

Herman R. Menck 1, John T. Casagrande 1, and Brian E. Henderson 1

1 Department of Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033

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.


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