RELATIONS BETWEEN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AND MAGNESIUM AND OTHER ALKALINE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN SOILS IN CHINA

Authors
BOLVIKEN B FLATEN TP ZHENG CJ
Citation
B. Bolviken et al., RELATIONS BETWEEN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AND MAGNESIUM AND OTHER ALKALINE-EARTH ELEMENTS IN SOILS IN CHINA, Medical hypotheses, 48(1), 1997, pp. 21-25
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Medical hypotheses → ACNP
ISSN journal
03069877
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
21 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9877(1997)48:1<21:RBNCAM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Comparison of maps shows a striking geographical relation between high mortality rates from nasopharyngeal cancer in China and low contents of magnesium, calcium and strontium in the soil. We suggest that defic iencies of these elements in the soil could be indirect markers of aet iological factors, e.g. inhalable carcinogens of local natural origin. A search for such factors could be fruitful in further studies of env ironmental factors in the aetiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.