Arsenic levels in ground water and cancer incidence in Idaho: An ecologic study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 843-849

  Han, Yueh Ying ^a,b   Weissfeld, Joel L ^a,b   Davis, Devra L ^a,b   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cancer incidence; Ground water; Idaho

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDAHO; MALE; NEOPLASMS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649311964     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0362-9     Document Type: Article

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