Nitrates in drinking water and risk of death from rectal cancer in Taiwan

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1717-1722

  Kuo, Hsin Wei ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^b   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM CANCER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TIME OF DEATH; VITAL STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34548844214     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701457704     Document Type: Article

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