Nail molybdenum and zinc contents in populations with low and moderate incidence of esophageal cancer

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-396

  Nouri, Mohsen ^a   Chalian, Hamid ^a   Bahman, Atiyeh ^a   Mollahajian, Hamid ^a   Ahmadi Faghih, Mohammadamin ^c   Fakheri, Hafez ^d   Soroush, Ahmadreza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Iran; Molybdenum; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOE;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLYBDENUM; NAILS; ZINC;

EID: 48449099401     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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