Influence of nitrate levels in drinking water on urological malignancies: A community-based cohort study

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 972-976

  Volkmer, Bjoern G ^a,c   Ernst, Birgitta ^b   Simon, Joerg ^a   Kuefer, Rainer ^a   Bartsch Jr , Georg ^a   Bach, Dietmar ^c   Gschwend, Juergen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c St Agnes Hospital Bocholt gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Nitrate; Smoking; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS CANCER; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 18544387415     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05450.x     Document Type: Article

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