Drinking water arsenic in northern chile: High cancer risks 40 years after exposure cessation

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 623-630

  Steinmaus, Craig M ^a,b   Ferreccio, Catterina ^c   Romo, Johanna Acevedo ^c   Yuan, Yan ^a   Cortes, Sandra ^c   Marshall, Guillermo ^c   Moore, Lee E ^d   Balmes, John R ^a,e   Liaw, Jane ^a   Golden, Todd ^e   Smith, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84876553432     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1190     Document Type: Article

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