A critical exploration of blood and environmental chromium concentration among oral cancer patients in an oral cancer prevalent area of Taiwan

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 469-476

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromium; Environment; Oral cancer; Soil pollution; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CANCER; CHROMIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTANT; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TAIWAN;

CHANGHUA; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857925001     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9346-2     Document Type: Article

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