Lung cancer and environmental chemical exposure: A review of our current state of knowledge with reference to the role of hormones and hormone receptors as an increased risk factor for developing lung cancer in man

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Fucic, Alexsandra ^a   Gamulin, Marija ^b   Ferencic, Zeljko ^c   Stancic Rokotov, Dinko ^d   Katic, Jelena ^a   Bartonova, Alena ^e   Belac Lovasic, Ingrid ^f   Merlo, Domenico Franco ^g  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c SREBRNJAK CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d Klinika za Plucne Bolesti Jordanovac   (Croatia)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

environment; lung cancer; pollution; radiation; xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADON; RECEPTORS, STEROID; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 78649912537     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623310378136     Document Type: Article

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