Snus and the risk of cancer of the mouth, lung, and pancreas

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9594, 2007, Pages 1207-1208

  Rodu, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SNUS; TOBACCO;

EID: 34848819387     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61533-5     Document Type: Letter

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