Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from rectal cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 528-532

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Chiu, Hui Fen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RECTUM CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2642714925     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980812)77:4<528::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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