Association of arsenic exposure with lung cancer incidence rates in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Putila, Joseph J ^a   Guo, Nancy Lan ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; LUNG CANCER; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053921372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025886     Document Type: Article

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