The role of rare earth elements and dietary intake in tongue cancer: a mediation analysis in southeast China

• Main Authors: Na Wang (Author), Fengqiong Liu (Author), Yujia Chen (Author), Manling Xie (Author), Bingju Gao (Author), Yu Qiu (Author), Lisong Lin (Author), Bin Shi (Author), Fa Chen (Author), Baochang He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveThe current research aimed to examine how dietary intake and rare earth elements may affect the development of tongue cancer.MethodsThe serum levels of 10 rare earth elements (REEs) in 171 cases and 171 healthy matched controls were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (...