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. 1978 Feb 11;1(8059):318-20.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)90084-3.

Respiratory-cancer clustering associated with localised industrial air pollution

O L Lloyd

Respiratory-cancer clustering associated with localised industrial air pollution

O L Lloyd. Lancet. .

Abstract

Between 1968 and 1974 there was a significantly large number of deaths from respiratory cancer among members of a Scottish community living near and downwind from a steel foundry. The air in that area was polluted by metallic particles from the foundry.

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