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Table 7 UREs for air toxics

From: Geographic boundaries in breast, lung and colorectal cancers in relation to exposure to air toxics in Long Island, New York

Compound

Associated with Cancers

URE (excess cases per μg/m3)

 

Breast

Colorectal

Lung

 

1,3-Butadiene

x

  

1.0 × 10-5

1,3-Dichloropropene

  

x

4.0 × 10-6

Acrylonitrile

x

 

x

6.8 × 10-5

Arsenic

  

x

4.3 × 10-3

Benzene

x

  

7.8 × 10-6

Beryllium

  

x

2.4 × 10-3

Cadmium

  

x

1.8 × 10-3

Carbon Tetrachloride

x

  

1.5 × 10-5

Chloroform

 

x

 

2.3 × 10-5

Chromium

  

x

1.2 × 10-2

Diesel Particulate Matter

  

x

8.15 × 10-4

Ethylene Dibromide

x

 

x

2.2 × 10-4

Ethylene Dichloride

x

 

x

2.6 × 10-5

Ethylene Oxide

x

 

x

8.8 × 10-5

Hydrazine

  

x

4.9 × 10-3

Methylene Chloride

x

  

4.7 × 10-7

Nickel

x

 

x

1.2 × 10-4

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

x

 

x

2.0 × 10-4

Perchloroethylene

 

x

x

5.9 × 10-6

Trichloroethylene

  

x

2.0 × 10-6

Vinyl Chloride

x

 

x

8.8 × 10-6

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International Journal of Health Geographics

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