The association between drinking water source and colorectal cancer incidence in Jiashan County of China: A prospective cohort study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 652-656

  Chen, Kun ^a   Yu, Weiping ^a   Ma, Xinyan ^b   Yao, Kaiyan ^a   Jiang, Qinting ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Cancer Institute of Jiashan county   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Drinking water source; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 29044441698     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki027     Document Type: Article

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