The role of selenium and selected trace elements in the etiology of esophageal cancer in high risk Golestan province of Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-97

  Keshavarzi, Behnam ^a   Moore, Farid ^a   Najmeddin, Ali ^a   Rahmani, Farah ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Golestan province; Iran; Selenium

Indexed keywords

2-GROUP; CULTIVATED SOILS; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; GOLESTAN PROVINCE; INCIDENCE RATE; IRAN; LOCAL POPULATIONS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STUDY AREAS;

RURAL AREAS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SELENIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

DISEASES;

ANTIMONY; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SELENIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; VILLAGE;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GOLESTAN; IRAN;

EID: 84863462635     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.033     Document Type: Article

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