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Science 2 July 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4247, pp. 55 - 57
DOI: 10.1126/science.935854
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Science, Vol 193, Issue 4247, 55-57
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Drinking water and cancer mortality in Louisiana

T Page, RH Harris, and SS Epstein

Multivariant regression analysis indicates a statistically significant relation between cancer mortality rates in Louisiana and drinking water obtained from the Missippi River. This is true for total cancer, cancer of the urinary organs, and cancer of the gastrointestinal tract.


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