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Serum Cadmium Levels in Pancreatic Cancer Patients from the East Nile Delta Region of Egypt

Author(s) -

Alison M. Kriegel,

Amr S. Soliman,

Qing Zhang,

Nabih ElGhawalby,

F Ezzat,

Ahmed Soultan,

Mohamed Abdel Wahab,

Omar Fathy,

Gamal Ebidi,

Nadia Bassiouni,

Stanley R. Hamilton,

James L. Abbruzzese,

Michelle Lacey,

Diane A. Blake

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.8035

Subject(s) - pancreatic cancer , nile delta , odds ratio , medicine , cadmium , confidence interval , cancer , cadmium exposure , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , physiology , chemistry , toxicity , ancient history , organic chemistry , history , physics , optics

The northeast Nile Delta region exhibits a high incidence of early-onset pancreatic cancer. It is well documented that this region has one of the highest levels of pollution in Egypt. Epidemiologic studies have suggested that cadmium, a prevalent pollutant in the northeast Nile Delta region, plays a role in the development of pancreatic cancer.

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