Tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water in Massachusetts and the risk of colon-rectum, lung, and other cancers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-271

  Paulu, Christopher ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Ozonoff, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Drinking water; Pollution; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PIPELINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032897141     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107265     Document Type: Article

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