Bladder cancer mortality associated with arsenic in drinking water in Argentina

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-124

  Hopenhayn Rich, Claudia ^a   Biggs, Mary Lou ^a   Fuchs, Analía ^b   Bergoglio, Remo ^c   Tello, Enrique E ^d   Nicolli, Hugo ^e   Smith, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^e INGEOQUI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; arsenic; bladder neoplasms; gender; water pollutants

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030052233     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00003     Document Type: Article

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