The case of the disappearing nitrosamines: A potentially global phenomenon

Tobacco Control

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-16

  Gray, N ^a   Boyle, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; SMOKING HABIT; STANDARDIZATION;

CARCINOGENS; NITROSAMINES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 4143056512     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2003.005579     Document Type: Article

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