Indoor air pollution and lung cancer in Guangzhou, people's republic of China

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 145-154

  Liu, Qing ^a,b   Sasco, Annie J ^b,c   Riboli, Elio ^b   Hu, Meng Xuan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Environmental; Lung neoplasms; Smoking; Tobacco smoke pollution; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COOKING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; SMOKING;

CHINA, GUANGDONG, PROVINCE, GUANGZHOU;

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COOKERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0027430416     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116654     Document Type: Article

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