Environmental causes of lung cancer: What do we know in 2003?

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 80S-83S

  Samet, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Lung cancer; Smoking; Synergism

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR POLLUTION; BREATHING; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 2442430209     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.5_suppl.80S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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