Chlamydia pneumoniae may be associated with lung cancer: Preliminary report on a seroepidemiological study

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Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 828-832

  Koyi, Hirsh ^a   Brandén, Eva ^a   Gnarpe, Judy ^a   Gnarpe, Håkan ^a,b   Arnholm, Birgitta ^c   Hillerdal, Gunnar ^d  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Lung cancer; Possible association; Seroepidemiological study

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0032845836     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01478.x     Document Type: Article

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