Arsenic in drinking and lung cancer mortality in Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 327-331

  Chung, Ya Ling ^a   Liaw, Yung Po ^b   Hwang, Bing Fang ^c   Cheng, Ya Yun ^a   Lin, Ming Shian ^d   Kuo, Yau Chang ^a,e,f   Guo, How Ran ^a,e,f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dose response; Drinking water; Hot spot; Lung cancer; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CANCER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; GIS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84885475803     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.04.038     Document Type: Article

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