Concentrations of arsenic, chromium, and nickel in toenail samples from Appalachian Kentucky residents

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-223

  Johnson, Nancy ^a   Shelton, Brent J ^a,b   Hopenhayn, Claudia ^a,b   Tucker, Thomas T ^a,b   Unrine, Jason M ^c   Huang, Bin ^a,b   Christian, W Jay ^b   Zhang, Zhuo ^a   Shi, Xianglin ^d   Li, Li ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Arsenic; Cancer; Chromium; Environmental; Mining; Nickel; Toenail

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82755186500     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v30.i3.40     Document Type: Article

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