Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 586-590 , August 2010

Chronic exposure to heavy metals and risk of oral cancer in Taiwanese males

  • Che-Chun Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135, Nan-Hsiao Street, Changhua 500, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Yang Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135, Nan-Hsiao Street, Changhua 500, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yun-Ying Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 500, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yo-Yu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 500, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ie-Bin Lian

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua 500, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 4 7232105x3222; fax: +886 4 7211192.

Received 11 March 2010 ,Revised 10 May 2010 ,Accepted 11 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.05.001

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 586-590 , August 2010

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