Gastric cancer mortality and drinking water qualities in Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-340

  Yang, C Y ^a   Chiu, H F ^a   Chiu, J F ^a   Cheng, M F ^a   Kao, W Y ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Municipal Min Sheng Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030685707     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900262     Document Type: Article

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