Relations between nasopharyngeal carcinoma and magnesium and other alkaline earth elements in soils in China

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Bolviken B ^a   Flaten, T P ^a,b   Zheng, Chunjiang ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTRE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

EID: 0031028072     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90019-0     Document Type: Article

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