A case-control study of nitrate in drinking water and non-hodgkin's lymphoma in minnesota

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 326-329

  Freedman, D Michal ^a   Cantor, Kenneth P ^b   Ward, Mary H ^b   Helzlsouer, Kathy J ^c  

^a Radiation Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033752834     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009604024     Document Type: Article

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