Arsenic and lung cancer in never-smokers: Lessons from Chile

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1131-1132

  Martinez, Victor D ^a   Vucic, Emily A ^a   Lam, Stephen ^a   Lam, Wan L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; TUMOR MARKER;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CHILE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; LETTER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84861357096     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.10.1131     Document Type: Letter

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