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An Assessment of the Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Air Toxics in Ontario: a Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) Methodology
McAdam, Kimberley (University of Waterloo, 2007-07-11)Hazardous air pollutants (HAP’s) are assumed to act without threshold meaning any level of exposure can theoretically initiate the carcinogenic process. With approximately 57,000 new cancer diagnoses and 25,900 deaths ...