Drinking water source and chlorination byproducts II. Risk of colon and rectal cancers

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Hildesheim, Mariana E ^a   Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^b   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

Chlorination; Colorectal neoplasms; Diet; Drinking water; Gender; Physical activity; Trihalomethanes; Water source

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031984901     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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