Science Inventory

CANCER MORTALITY AND PUBLIC DRINKING WATER IN ST. LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY

Citation:

Marienfeld, C., M. Collins, H. Wright, R. Reddy, AND G. Shoop. CANCER MORTALITY AND PUBLIC DRINKING WATER IN ST. LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-80/203.

Description:

The results of recent studies do not appear to implicate drinking water as a major factor in producing the considerably higher cancer mortality rates in the city of St. Louis than in St. Louis County, pointing instead to such socioeconomic factors as low income, low educational level, and occupation as a laborer and to air pollution.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID: 35857