Colon cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan's drinking water

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 148-151

  Yang, C Y ^a   Hung, C F ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DRINKING WATER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WATER HARDNESS;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY;

AGED; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031779983     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900362     Document Type: Article

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