Ambient air pollution exposure and cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-291

  Katsouyanni, K ^a   Pershagen, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FUEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PETROLEUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030855006     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018492818416     Document Type: Review

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