Ohio drinking water source and cancer rates.
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Drinking water and cancer.
Any and all chemicals generated by human activity can and will find their way into water supplies. The types and quantities of carcinogens present in drinking water at the point of consumption will differ depending on whether they result from contamination of the source water, arise as a consequence of treatment processes, or enter as the water is conveyed to the user. Source-water contaminants...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.67.8.725