Commentary: Abating climate change and lung cancer!

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-730

  Künzli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; COOKING; DISABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 79961198558     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr037     Document Type: Note

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