Mixed progress against lung cancer

Tobacco Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; SMOKING;

CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING;

EID: 0032151948     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.3.223     Document Type: Article

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