Lung tumors in 2 year old strain A/J mice exposed for 6 months to tobacco smoke

Cancer Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Witschi, Hanspeter ^a   Espiritu, Imelda ^a   Maronpot, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung tumors; Strain A J mice; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; LUNG TUMOR; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SMOKE; SURVIVAL; TOBACCO;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; SMOKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 39049181520     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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