Occupation, gender, race, and lung cancer

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1167-1175

  Amr, Sania ^a   Wolpert, Beverly ^a   Loffredo, Christopher A ^b   Zheng, Yun Ling ^b   Shields, Peter G ^b   Jones, Raymond ^a   Harris, Curtis C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 56049112806     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31817d3639     Document Type: Article

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