Arsenic in Drinking Water and Bladder Cancer Mortality in the United States: An Analysis Based on 133 U.S. Counties and 30 Years of Observation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-306

  Lamm, Steven H ^a   Engel, Arnold ^a   Kruse, Michael B ^a   Feinleib, Manning ^a   Byrd, Daniel M ^a   Lai, Shenghan ^a   Wilson, Richard ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Occupational Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; DRINKING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1642301679     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000116801.67556.8f     Document Type: Article

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