Article: Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality in the Cities of Rouen and Le Havre, France, 1990-1995.(Statistical Data Included)

HAUTE-NORMANDIE is one of the most industrialized areas in France, characterized by major and diversified industrial activities located mainly in the cities of Rouen and Le Havre along the Seine River. The inherent air pollution of these industrial activities can have harmful effects on the environment and on the health of those who live in these cities. There have been important efforts by the industrial sector to reduce air pollution and development in the use of nuclear energy, the result of which has been a decrease in sulfur dioxide ([SO.sub.2]) levels of more than 60% since 1980. Levels of nitric oxides ([NO.sub.x]) have also been reduced. However, the increase in ...

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