Ecological study on the risks of esophageal cancer in Ci-Xian, China: The importance of nutritional status and the use of well water

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 620-624

  Yokokawa, Yoshiharu ^a   Ohta, Setsuko ^a   Hou, Jun ^b   Zhang, Xin Lan ^b   Li, Shao Sen ^b   Ping, Yu Min ^b   Nakajima, Tamie ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hebei Cancer Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; WELL WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032748416     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991126)83:5<620::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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