Bladder cancer mortality and private well use in New England: An ecological study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-172

  Ayotte, Joseph D ^b   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Colt, Joanne ^a   Robinson Jr , Gilpin R ^b   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Karagas, Margaret ^c   Hoover, Robert N ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

CANCER; MORTALITY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144451620     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.038620     Document Type: Article

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