Lung cancer, smoking, and environment: A cohort study of the Danish population

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7041, 1996, Pages 1259-1263

  Engholm, Gerda ^a   Palmgren, Finn ^b   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029931997     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7041.1259     Document Type: Article

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