Drinking water source and chlorination byproducts I. Risk of bladder cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^b   Hildesheim, Mariana E ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a   Alavanja, Michael ^a   Craun, Gunther ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Case control study; Chlorination; Drinking water source; Gender; Smoking; Trihalomethane; Water

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031975887     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00007     Document Type: Article

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