title: Industrial air pollution: possible effect on lung cancer.
abstract: Higher lung cancer mortality rates occurred in males living in certain heavily industrialized areas of Los Angeles County, California. These areas were characterized by elevated concentrations of benzo[a]pyrene and other polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons of primarily industrial origin in the soil and air.
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000032:analysis; D002140:California; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D002273:Carcinogens; D007220:Industrial Waste