Work, salt intake and the development of stomach cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-556

  Ngoan, L T ^a,b   Yoshimura, T ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SWEATING; WORK;

ANIMALIA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0037375818     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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