Biomaterial Database

[Geography of the incidence of stomach cancer in relation to hardness of drinking water and water supply]. 1980

B Zemła

The incidence of gastric carcinoma was analysed in Zabrze in the years 1965-1975 taking into account the sex, age, place of birth (autochthonous and immigrated populations) and place of residence in different city districts in relation to drinking water hardness. A correlation was revealed between low incidence of the neoplasm and drinking water of high hardness grade (over 25 degrees u) with a relatively high content of mineral components.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008903	Minerals	Native, inorganic or fossilized organic substances having a definite chemical composition and formed by inorganic reactions. They may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other mineral or rock. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Mineral
D011044	Poland	A country in central Europe, east of Germany. The capital is Warsaw.	Polish People's Republic,Republic of Poland
D004326	Drinking	The consumption of liquids.	Water Consumption,Water Intake,Drinkings
D005260	Female		Females
D006262	Health	The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.	Individual Health,Normalcy,Normality,Health, Individual,Normalcies,Normalities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013274	Stomach Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the STOMACH.	Cancer of Stomach,Gastric Cancer,Gastric Neoplasms,Stomach Cancer,Cancer of the Stomach,Gastric Cancer, Familial Diffuse,Neoplasms, Gastric,Neoplasms, Stomach,Cancer, Gastric,Cancer, Stomach,Cancers, Gastric,Cancers, Stomach,Gastric Cancers,Gastric Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Gastric,Neoplasm, Stomach,Stomach Cancers,Stomach Neoplasm
D014504	Urban Health	The status of health in urban populations.	Health, Urban
D014867	Water	A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Hydrogen Oxide