Low-level arsenic exposure is associated with bladder cancer risk and cigarette smoking: A case-control study among men in Tunisia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3923-3931

  Feki Tounsi, Molka ^a,b   Olmedo, Pablo ^c   Gil, Fernando ^c   Khlifi, Rim ^a,b   Mhiri, Mohamed Nabil ^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 HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Bladder cancer; Case control study

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH RISK; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SMOKING; TUNISIA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SMOKING; TUNISIA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84878113842     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1335-9     Document Type: Article

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