Indoor air pollution as a risk factor for lung cancer in women

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 53, Issue MAR, 2005, Pages 190-192

  Behera, D ^a   Balamugesh, T ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 20144381137     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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