Atmospheric aerosol pollutants and lung cancer measurements in Germany

Physico-chemical properties and chemical composition of atmospheric anthropogenic aerosols were investigated and sampled using cellulose and polyamide membrane filters over a period of five years in the county of Baden-Wurttenberg, Federal Republic of Germany. Special consideration was directed to important toxic and carcinogenic aerosol pollutants. Mean values, as well as concentrations related to year seasons were correlated to epidemiological data dealing with the lung cancer frequency of the general population.