Air pollution and lung cancer risks in China-a meta-analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 500-513

  Zhao, Yu ^a   Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Aunan, Kristin ^b   Martin Seip, Hans ^b,c   Hao, Jiming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; Indoor air pollution; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; METADATA; PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

CHINA; LUNG CANCER; META-ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

COAL; OIL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; INDOOR AIR; META-ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOKING; HEATING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COAL; COHORT STUDIES; COOKERY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLANT OILS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33745808022     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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