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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 103, No. 6: 539-550
Copyright © 1976 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF LUNG CANCER: INDUSTRIAL CORRELATIONS1

WILLIAM J. BLOT and JOSEPH F. FRAUMENI, JR.

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A survey of lung cancer mortality by county in the United States, 1950–1969. revealed excessive rates among males in counties where paper, chemical, petroleum, and transportation industries are located. The industrial correlations were not attributed to urbanization, socioeconomic factors, or other manufacturing operations, and may account for part of the high risk of lung cancer previously reported in Southern US coastal counties.

cancer; lung; epidemiology; industry; lung neoplasms; mortality; occupational diseases

1From the Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.


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