Industrial air pollution: possible effect on lung cancer.
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.
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
D001580:Benzopyrenes; D002273:Carcinogens; D007220:Industrial Waste