The emerging epidemic of environmental cancers in developing countries

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Vineis, P ^a   Xun, W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer burden; Developing countries; Environmental risks

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; AFLATOXIN; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERGAPTEN; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COAL; FORMALDEHYDE; FUEL; LEAD; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ASBESTOSIS; BIOMASS ENERGY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; TOXIC WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 60549091196     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn596     Document Type: Review

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