Chlorination of drinking water and cancer mortality in Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Cheng, Ming Fen ^a   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chlorination; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

CANCER; CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY TRENDS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHLORINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031749836     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3823     Document Type: Article

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