Comparative study of liver cancer patients in arsenic exposed and non-exposed areas of Pakistan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 86-96

  Wadhwa, Sham Kumar ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Chandio, Akhtar Ali ^b   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Kolachi, Nida Fatima ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam Abbas ^a   Nasreen, Syeda ^c   Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Baig, Jameel Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy   (Pakistan)

^c Nuclear Institute of Medicine and Radiotherapy NIMRA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blood; Liver cancer; Scalp hair; Tobacco; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CALIBRATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84155165125     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9036-7     Document Type: Article

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