Cell type specificity of lung cancer associated with air pollution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 395, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Liaw, Yung Po ^a   Ting, Tih Fen ^b   Ho, Kuo Kang ^a   Yang, Chin Fen ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Age standardized incidence rate; Air pollution; Lung cancer; Pearson's correlation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE-STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; LUNG CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (SCC);

TUMORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PATHOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 41549114460     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.053     Document Type: Article

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