Environmental exposure to carcinogens causing lung cancer: Epidemiological evidence from the medical literature

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-521

  Whitrow, Melissa J ^a,b,c   Smith, Brian J ^a   Pilotto, Louis S ^a   Pisaniello, Dino ^b   Nitschke, Monika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Causality; Lung neoplasm; Review

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARCINOGENS; CAUSALITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 0346888299     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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