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Cancer Risk Near a Polluted River in Finland

The River Kymijoki in southern Finland is heavily polluted with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and may pose a health threat to local residents, especially farmers. In this study we investigated cancer risk in people living near the river (< 20.0 km) in 1980. We used a geograp...

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Autores principales: Verkasalo, Pia K., Kokki, Esa, Pukkala, Eero, Vartiainen, Terttu, Kiviranta, Hannu, Penttinen, Antti, Pekkanen, Juha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15198923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.6741