Incidence of oral cancer in relation to nickel and arsenic concentrations in farm soils of patients' residential areas in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsu Yun-Ying (Author), Chung Jian-An (Author), Chiang Chi-Ting (Author), Chang Tsun-Kuo (Author), Lin Yo-Yu (Author), Su Che-Chun (Author), Lian Ie-Bin (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To explore if exposures to specific heavy metals in the environment is a new risk factor of oral cancer, one of the fastest growing malignancies in Taiwan, in addition to the two established risk factors, cigarette smoking and betel...