Outdoor air pollution and female lung cancer in Taiwan

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1025-1031

  Chiu, Hui Fen ^a   Cheng, Meng Hsuan ^b   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^c   Wu, Trong Neng ^d   Kuo, Hsin Wei ^e   Yang, Chun Yuh ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33748558101     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600904561     Document Type: Article

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