Does diesel exhaust cause lung cancer (yet)?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 843-844

  Laumbach, Robert J ^a   Kipen, Howard M ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIESEL ENGINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA ADDUCT; EDITORIAL; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79953329980     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201011-1870ED     Document Type: Editorial

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