Contribution of environmental factors to cancer risk

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-94

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a,b   Nyberg, Fredrik ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASIAN; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADON; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 1342281227     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmp/ldg023     Document Type: Review

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