Open AccessChlorination, chlorination by-products, and cancer: a meta-analysis.
Author(s) -
Robin Morris,
Anne-Marie J. Audet,
Italo Francesco Angelillo,
Thomas C. Chalmers,
Frederick Mosteller
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.7.955
Subject(s) - meta analysis , environmental health , cancer , medicine
Individual epidemiological investigations into the association between chlorination by-products in drinking water and cancer have been suggestive but inconclusive. Enough studies exist to provide the basis for a meaningful meta-analysis.