Cannabis: The next villain on the lung cancer battlefield?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-228

  Brambilla, C ^a,b   Colonna, M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Isere Cancer Registry   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CARCINOGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS SMOKING; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40649104374     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00157607     Document Type: Editorial

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