The 'rings of fire' and thyroid cancer

Hormones

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Duntas, Leonidas H ^a   Doumas, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lava; Selenium; Sulfur; Thyroid carcinoma; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IODINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VANADIUM; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ICELAND; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

EID: 74849104276     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1242     Document Type: Short Survey

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