Lung cancer among non-smokers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-

  Fitting, Jean William ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CELL DIVISION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMBUSTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 84858669021     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0140     Document Type: Editorial

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