title: Chronic disease and early exposure to air-borne mixtures. 2. Exposure assessment.
abstract: This work is part of a larger study of the impact of early exposure to releases from industry on the etiology of cancer. Releases from all kraft and sulfite mills, coke ovens, oil refineries, copper, nickel, and lead/zinc smelters operating in Canada during the exposure period of 1967-1970 have been determined. All plumes have been expressed in microg BaP eq/d using the RASH methodology. The releases have been divided into process, boiler fuel, dioxin, and SO2 emissions. Combustion sources have been defined with FIREv6.23. Dioxin congenors are expected in all source types when the boiler fuel is heavy fuel oil, wood or wood bark, or coal. All approximately 90 communities examined have an inverted sex ratio.
authors.affiliation: IntrAmericas Centre for Environment and Health, Wolfe Island, Ontario KOH2YO, Canada. iceh@kos.net
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Argo
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D002170:Canada; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002617:Chemical Industry; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants