Bladder cancer and drinking water: A population-based case-control study in washington county, maryland (United states)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 738-744

  Freedman, D Michal ^a,c   Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Lee, Nora L ^b   Chen, Li Shiun ^b   Lei, Hsien Hsien ^b   Ruhl, Constance E ^b   Wang, Sophia S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Chlorine; United States; Water supply

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0030850651     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018431421567     Document Type: Article

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