k-ras Mutation and occupational asbestos exposure in lung adenocarcinoma: Asbestos-related cancer without asbestosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4570-4573

  Nelson, Heather H ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,b   Wiencke, John K ^d   Mark, Eugene J ^c   Wain, John C ^b   Kelsey, Karl T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033568654     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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