Cancer and environment: Definitions and misconceptions

Environmental Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-234

  McGuinn, Laura A ^a   Ghazarian, Armen A ^a   Ellison, Gary L ^a   Harvey, Chinonye E ^a   Kaefer, Christine M ^a   Reid, Britt C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Environmental exposures; Environmental health risks; Epidemiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER RISK; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84856221507     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.10.009     Document Type: Review

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