Chronic heavy metal exposure and gallbladder cancer risk in india, a comparative study with Japan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Chhabra, Deepak ^a   Oda, Koji ^b   Jagannath, Palepu ^a   Utsunomiya, Hirotoshi ^c   Takekoshi, Susumu ^d   Nimura, Yuji ^b  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical carcinogenesis; Gallbladder cancer; Heavy metals; India; Japan

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CHOLECYSTITIS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; JAPAN; METALS, HEAVY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84864872677     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.1.187     Document Type: Article

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