Arsenic exposure, urinary arsenic speciation, and the incidence of urothelial carcinoma: A twelve-year follow-up study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 829-839

  Huang, Yung Kai ^a   Huang, Ya Li ^b   Hsueh, Yu Mei ^b   Yang, Mo Hsiung ^c   Wu, Meei Maan ^b   Chen, Shu Yuan ^d   Hsu, Ling I ^e   Chen, Chien Jen ^e,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Long term arsenic exposure; Urinary arsenic species; Urothelial carcinoma risk

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAIWAN; URINARY ARSENIC SPECIATION; UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52449108128     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9146-5     Document Type: Article

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