Association of chromium exposure with multiple primary cancers in the nasal cavity

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-96

  Sato, Hiroaki ^a   Murai, Kazuo ^a   Kanda, Tomoko ^b   Mimura, Rokuro ^b   Hiratsuka, Yasuyuki ^c  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromium exposure; Microsatellite marker; Multiple primary cancers; Nasal cavity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHROMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; NOSE CANCER; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037441628     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(02)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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