Possible association between nickel and chromium and oral cancer: A case-control study in central Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1046-1052

  Yuan, Tzu Hsuen ^a   Lian, Ie Bin ^b   Tsai, Kuo Yang ^c   Chang, Tsun Kuo ^a   Chiang, Chi Ting ^a   Su, Che Chun ^c   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel quid; Blood; Chromium; Nickel; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

BETEL QUID; BLOOD LEVELS; BLOOD SAMPLES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHRISTIANS; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORAL CANCER; ORAL CANCER PATIENTS; SOIL METALS; SPECIFIC AREAS;

BLOOD; CHROMIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

METALS;

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CANCER; CHROMIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TAIWAN;

CHANGHUA; TAIWAN;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 78751705935     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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