Ecological correlation studies on standardized incidence ratios of malignant neoplasms contracted from different sources of drinking water supply

Japanese Journal of Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 526-533

  Yamamoto, Masaharu ^a,b   Endoh, Kazuo ^a   Nakadaira, Hiroto ^a   Nakamura, Kazucoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Drinking water; Ecological study; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental chemicals; Malignant neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032745178     PISSN: 00215082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/jjh.54.526     Document Type: Article

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