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Drinking Water and Cancer Mortality in Louisiana
Abstract
Multivariant regression analysis indicates a statistically significant relation between cancer mortality rates in Louisiana and drinking water obtained from the Mississippi River. This is true for total cancer, cancer of the urinary organs, and cancer of the gastrointestinal tract.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Page, T., Harris, R. H., & Epstein, S. S.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1976-07-02
- Volume
- 193
- Issue
- 4247
- Pages
- 55-57
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2029684254
- Cited by
- 205
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 12.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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