Title of article :
Quality of Drinking Water and High Incidence Rate of Esophageal Cancer in Golestan Province of Iran: A Probable Link
Author/Authors :
Islami, Farhad Digestive Disease Research Center - Shariati Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Golestan Province in northern Iran is known to be a
high-risk area for esophageal cancer (EC). Of a long list of multiple
risk factors, this study focuses on a possible link between the
epidemiologic patterns of EC and the anomalous concentration of
some ions and elements in the drinking water sources. A total of
183 samples from 45 villages covering a wide range of EC mortality
rates are collected and analyzed.
Keywords :
Golestan Province , Quality of Drinking Water , Esophageal Cancer
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
