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NRC (2001)a estimates of lifetime cancer risks per 10,000 people in relation to arsenic concentration.
| Concentration (μg arsenic/L) | Cancer risk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung |
Bladder |
|||
| Females | Males | Females | Males | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 23 |
| 20 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 45 |
Reprinted with permission the National Academies Press (2001).
