Nitrogen-nitrate exposure from drinking water and colorectal cancer risk for rural women in Wisconsin, USA

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-409

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   Hampton, John M ^a   Bersch, Andrew J ^a   Kanarek, Marty S ^c   Newcomb, Polly A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Colorectal cancer; Nitrogen nitrate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CANCER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 53349118646     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.048     Document Type: Article

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