Cancer incidence among population utilizing geothermal hot water: A census-based cohort study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2944-2952

  Kristbjornsdottir, Adalbjorg ^a   Rafnsson, Vilhjalmur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma of skin; breast cancer; cancer registry; geothermal hot water; kidney cancer; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLCANO; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA OF SKIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; GEOTHERMAL HOT-WATER; KIDNEY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84885635899     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28298     Document Type: Article

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