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

• Principais autores: Hsu Yun-Ying (Autor), Chung Jian-An (Autor), Chiang Chi-Ting (Autor), Chang Tsun-Kuo (Autor), Lin Yo-Yu (Autor), Su Che-Chun (Autor), Lian Ie-Bin (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...