Lung cancer in oregon

Dose-Response

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-415

  Hart, John ^a  

^a Sherman College of Chiropractic   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Lung neoplasms; Oregon; Radon; Smoking

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054695711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.10-005.Hart     Document Type: Article

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