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

• Published in: Oral oncology Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 586 - 590
• Main Authors: Su, Che-Chun, Tsai, Kuo-Yang, Hsu, Yun-Ying, Lin, Yo-Yu, Lian, Ie-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Age–period–cohort model; Agriculture - methods; Cohort Studies; Heavy metal; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Male; Metals, Heavy - toxicity; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - chemically induced; Mouth Neoplasms - epidemiology; Oral cancer; Otolaryngology; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - toxicity; Taiwan - epidemiology; Young Adult; Oral cancer; Age–period–cohort model; Heavy metal

The incidence of oral cancer has increased rapidly over the past 20 years in Taiwan. Cigarette smoking and betel quid chewing are considered as the most important risk factors. However, we found that Changhua, a county in Taiwan, had the highest oral cancer incidence, but a modest prevalence of smok...