Published October 1990
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Journal article
Leukemia incidence and radioactivity in drinking water in 59 Iowa towns
Description
Fifty-nine towns in Iowa with single source drinking water supplies were stratified on the basis of radium content in finished non-softened water to test the hypothesis of an association with total or acute myeloid leukemia. Fourteen towns had radium concentrations in drinking water exceeding the EPA safety limit of 5 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). A small increasing trend existed for total leukemia with increased radium content in drinking water that is in accordance with either the hypothesis of no effect or of a small effect
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- American Journal of Public Health
- Journal Volume
- 80
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Am. J. Public Health.
- Journal Page Range
- 1261-1262
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- CODEN
- AJHEA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22011707
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAMINATION; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IOWA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIUM ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; HEMIC DISEASES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LEUKEMIA; MONITORING; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PATHOGENESIS; POLAR SOLVENTS; POLLUTION; SOLVENTS; USA; WATER