Nitrate in public water supplies and risk of bladder cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Ward, Mary H ^a,d   Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Riley, David ^b   Merkle, Shannon ^c   Lynch, Charles F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IMS   (United States)

^d Radiation Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Case control studies; Chemical; Nitrates; Nitrites; Water pollution; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; BLADDER TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0038284046     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200303000-00012     Document Type: Article

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