The association between drinking water source and colorectal cancer incidence in Jiashan County of China: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

Kun Chen | Zendy; Weiping Yu | Zendy; Xinyan Ma | Zendy; Kai-yan Yao | Zendy; Qin-ting Jiang | Zendy

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The association between drinking water source and colorectal cancer incidence in Jiashan County of China: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Kun Chen,

Weiping Yu,

Xinyan Ma,

Kai-yan Yao,

Qin-ting Jiang

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki027

Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , poisson regression , prospective cohort study , confounding , confidence interval , colorectal cancer , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , environmental health , demography , cancer , population , physics , sociology , optics

The pollution of drinking water, e.g. from rivers and pools, has long been recognized to be associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), but there are few direct prospective cohort studies related to person-years on the relative risks of different sources of drinking water for CRC, hence the reason for our study.

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