Evaluation of associations between lifetime exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products and bladder cancer in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 232, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1663-1668

  Backer, Lorraine C ^a   Coss, Angela M ^b   Wolkin, Amy F ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a,c   Reif, John S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIHALOMETHANES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 45949090303     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.232.11.1663     Document Type: Article

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