Distribution of heavy metals and trace elements in human breast cancer tissues and in adjacent normal tissues of women in Poland

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-188

  Stawarz, Robert ^a   Formicki, Grzegorz ^a   Zakrzewski, Marian ^a   Ryś, Janusz ^b   Rozmus, Magdalena ^a  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Human breast cancer; Lead; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CANCER; CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; CORRELATION; LEAD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH; XENOBIOTICS; ZINC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 62249094608     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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