Oral ingestion of hexavalent chromium through drinking water and cancer mortality in an industrial area of Greece - An ecological study

BACKGROUND: Hexavalent chromium is a known carcinogen when inhaled, but its carcinogenic potential when orally ingested remains controversial. Water contaminated with hexavalent chromium is a worldwide problem, making this a question of significant public health importance. METHODS: We conducted an...

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Autores principales: Linos, Athena, Petralias, Athanassios, Christophi, Costas A, Christoforidou, Eleni, Kouroutou, Paraskevi, Stoltidis, Melina, Veloudaki, Afroditi, Tzala, Evangelia, Makris, Konstantinos C, Karagas, Margaret R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21609468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-10-50

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