Is cadmium a cause of human pancreatic cancer?

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-145

  Schwartz, Gary G ^a   Reis, Isildinha M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; DNA; PESTICIDE;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXPOSURE; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; METAL INDUSTRY; ONCOGENE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CADMIUM; DNA; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; OCCUPATIONS; ONCOGENES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0033995818     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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