Drinking water chlorination and cancer - A historical cohort study in Finland

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-200

  Koivusalo, Meri ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^a   Vartiainen, Terttu ^b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^c   Hakulinen, Timo ^d  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chlorination; Finland; neoplasms; water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHILD; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030996309     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018420229802     Document Type: Article

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