Skin cancer risk in relation to toenail arsenic concentrations in a US population-based case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 559-565

  Karagas, Margaret R ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a   Morris, J Steven ^b   Tosteson, Tor D ^a   Weiss, Julia E ^a   Spencer, Steven K ^a   Greenberg, E Robert ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Case control studies; Metals, heavy; Neoplasms, basal cell; Neoplasms, squamous cell; Skin neoplasms; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SKIN EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035869344     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.6.559     Document Type: Article

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