Reduction in Kidney Cancer Mortality Following Installation of a Tap Water Supply System in an Arsenic-Endemic Area of Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 484-488

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Chuang, Hung Yi ^a   Ho, Shu Chen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blackfoot disease; Drinking water; Kidney cancer; Mortality; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 29544444015     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603430     Document Type: Article

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