Association of nitrogen compounds in drinking water with incidence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Shexian, China

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Yu, Cao ^b   Wen, Denggui ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Ling, Yiwei ^a   Terajima, Kenshi ^a   Akazawa, Kohei ^a   Shan, Baoen ^a   Wang, Shijie ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Geographic information system; Nitrate nitrogen; Spatial analysis; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMMONIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRINKING WATER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 83455186354     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.226.11     Document Type: Article

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