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. 1976 Jul 2;193(4247):55-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.935854.

Drinking water and cancer mortality in Louisiana

T Page, R H Harris, S S Epstein

Drinking water and cancer mortality in Louisiana

T Page et al. Science. .

Abstract

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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