A Critical Assessment of Geographic Clusters of Breast and Lung Cancer Incidences among Residents Living near the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers, Michigan, USA
Table 4
Distribution of lung cancer clusters by location of industrial facilities according to Lawson and Waller score test.
Industrial facility
ZIP code
Test statistic
-value (9 999 simulation runs)
Nominal -value
Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems
.000100*
Means Industries Inc Saginaw Facility
.000100*
Safety-Kleen Systems
.000100*
DOW Company Midland
1.000000
Quantum Composites Inc.
1.000000
Thompson Marine Products Inc.
.169400
Marathon Petroleum Co LLC Bay City MI Terminal
.000100*
Straits Wood Treating
.000100*
General Motors Corp Power Train Bay City
.000100*
Essroc Cement Corp.
.000100*
; number of Monte Carlo simulations = 9 999, *statistically significant