Main Title |
Asbestos in Drinking Water and Cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1969-1974 Incidence. |
Author |
Conforti, Paul M. ;
Kanarek, Marty S. ;
Jackson, Lorene A. ;
Cooper, Robert C. ;
Murchio, Jack C. ;
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CORP Author |
California Univ., Berkeley. Dept. of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences.;Health Effects Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. |
Year Published |
1981 |
Report Number |
EPA-R-804366; EPA/600/J-81-277; |
Stock Number |
PB81-233652 |
Additional Subjects |
Asbestos ;
Potable water ;
Malignant neoplasms ;
California ;
Water pollution ;
Reprints ;
Drinking water ;
San Francisco(California) ;
Cancer
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB81-233652 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
16p |
Abstract |
The relationship between ingested asbestos (through drinking water) and cancer of various body sites was examined. This study was a follow-up to another article that investigated this relationship. Age-adjusted, sex and race specific 1969-1974 cancer incidence ratios for 410 census tract groupings ('super tracts') of the San Francisco-Oakland Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area were compared with measured chrysotile asbestos counts in drinking waters of super tracts. The earlier article analyzed cancer data for the 3 yr. period, 1969-1971. The present study used that data and an added set of cancer cases for 1972-1974. The water supplies serving the area have varying contact with naturally occurring serpentine. The t-test for multiple regression coefficients and the t-test for correlation coefficients showed significant (p<0.01) relationships between chrysotile asbestos content of super tract drinking water and white male digestive tract, esophageal, stomach and pancreatic cancers. For white females, significant (p<0.01) relationships on these tests were found for esophageal, stomach, digestive related organs, and pancreatic cancers. These associations appeared to be independent of income, education, asbestos occupation, marital status and mobility. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. Chron. Dis., v34 p211-224 1981. See also PB81-213043. Prepared in cooperation with Wisconsin Univ.-Madison and Association of Bay Area Governments, Berkeley, California. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Asbestos in Drinking Water and Cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1969-1974 Incidence. |
PUB Date Free Form |
Jul 81 |
Category Codes |
6F; 6E; 68D; 57U |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/10 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
323802293 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |