Cell-type specificity of lung cancer associated with low-dose soil heavy metal contamination in Taiwan: An ecological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Hsien Hung ^a   Huang, Jing Yang ^b   Lung, Chia Chi ^b,c   Wu, Chih Lung ^b,c   Ho, Chien Chang ^d   Sun, Yi Hua ^b   Ko, Pei Chieh ^b   Su, Shih Yung ^b   Chen, Shih Chang ^e   Liaw, Yung Po ^b,c  

^a JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Age standardized incidence rate; Lung cancer; Soil heavy metal; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; SOIL POLLUTANT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TAIWAN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875960497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-330     Document Type: Article

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