Fluoride in drinking water and cancer mortality in Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-193

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Cheng, Ming Fen ^a   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^a   Hung, Chung Feng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Fluoridation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CANCER; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034064461     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4018     Document Type: Article

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