Journal of public health medicine
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J Public Health Med · Jun 1995
Multicenter StudyA review of hospital discharge rates in a population around Camelford in North Cornwall up to the fifth anniversary of an episode of aluminium sulphate absorption.
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the pollution caused by the aluminium sulphate emptied into the water at the Lowermoor Treatment Works on the standardized hospital discharge ratios in the Camelford area, Cornwall. ⋯ The pollution of the water to the people of Camelford has raised hospital discharges. Monitoring of hospital discharges will continue.