An improved estimate of the quantitative relationship between polycyclic hydrocarbons and lung cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 716-717

  Mirabelli, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; QUEBEC;

EID: 71049136892     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047720     Document Type: Note

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