Arsenic, cadmium, chromium and nickel in cancerous and healthy tissues from patients with head and neck cancer

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-67

  Khlifi, Rim ^a,b   Olmedo, Pablo ^c   Gil, Fernando ^c   Hammami, Bouthaina ^d   Chakroun, Amine ^d   Rebai, Ahmed ^b   Hamza Chaffai, Amel ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d HUC Habib Borguiba Hospital   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Healthy and tumor tissues; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; CR CONCENTRATION; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; HUMAN POPULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; TUMOR TISSUES;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DISEASES; HEAVY METALS; NICKEL; TUMORS;

HISTOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; CANCER; CHROMIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHEEK CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX CANCER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TISSUE LEVEL; TONGUE CANCER; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHROMIUM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TUNISIA;

EID: 84875066994     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.050     Document Type: Article

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