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Occupational and environmental risks in and around a smelter in northern Sweden

Author(s) -

NORDSTRöM S.,

BECKMAN L.,

NORDENSON I.

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

hereditas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819

H-Index - 50

eISSN - 1601-5223

pISSN - 0018-0661

DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1978.tb01602.x

Subject(s) - smelting , abortion , biology , arsenic , lead smelting , population , ecology , environmental protection , environmental health , geography , metallurgy , genetics , materials science , medicine , pregnancy

Frequencies of spontaneous abortion were studied in populations located at different distances from the Rönnskår smelter in northern Sweden. The smelter emits a number of potentially genotoxic substances like lead, arsenic and sulphur dioxide to the environment. In the population located close to the smelter a significant increase of the abortion frequency was found, compared to more distantly located populations.

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