New data on ecological analysis of possible relationship between magnesium in drinking water and liver cancer

Magnesium Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Tukiendorf, Andrzej ^a   Rybak, Zbigniew ^b  

^a OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drinking water magnesium; Liver cancer; Logistic regression; Prevalence probability; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM;

CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1642381136     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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