Cigarette smoking and drinking water source: Correlation with clinical features and pathology of superficial bladder carcinoma

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Serretta, Vincenzo ^a   Altieri, Vincenzo ^b   Morgia, Giuseppe ^c   Allegro, Rosalinda ^d   Ruggirello, Antonina ^a   Di Lallo, Alessandra ^e   Carrieri, Giuseppe ^f   Melloni, Darvinio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d GSTU Foundation   (Italy)

^e Department of Urology   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Chlorination; Cigarette smoking; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHLORINATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 65949101877     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209365     Document Type: Article

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